USD Conversion finished (almost)
OK, so finished off today with a quick bleed of the brakes and a short test ride before final reassembly ready for a good blast tomorrow.
Luckily HEL Brake lines is just 25 miles from me so I put the BB on a trailer in the week and took it up to them. They have a fit your lines for free service...nice!
Ran two lines to the rear and as everyone said it is a bit wooden, will have to look at that in the future......
As to the front well that's perfect, plenty of feeling and what a difference to the old linked system (glad I bought the original Suzuki master cylinder...there's ?70 I'll never get back).
The Nitron shock is a revelation, did a quick circuit on a less than perfect windy B road near home and the difference was immediate. As to the geometry, all my measuring seems to have paid off, the steering is quick and light and although I was not going mental (new front tyre an all that) it stayed exactly where I put it in every corner.
To top it all I think it looks pretty good. I had the original rear wheel powder coated black to match the Hayabusa front and I think the black wheels make look more up to date. After all it's a 14 year old bike!
The mudguard was painted by a local car place for ?30 and although it's not perfect it's a pretty good match.
Thanks to all for your input.... pics below