Garage Night TV Forums Topic: Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650

Garage Night TV Forums Topic: Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650 http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-f650 Find out how to fix your bike en-US Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:21:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/search.php guest on "Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-f650#post-96 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:29:38 +0000 guest 96@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ I want to ask if George aka Komatias is from Greece and if I will have taken his telephone number or his e-mail to have a discussion with him about wp front fork for BMW F650GS?<div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">User information<ul><li>Author: DIMITRIS</li></ul></div> guest on "Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-f650#post-62 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:20:38 +0000 guest 62@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ [...] this will give you some ideas. The use the SM forks for a BMW, but discovered plenty of issues. Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650 at Garage Night Ep 12: KTM forks on a BMW part 2 at Garage Night Keep us updated on how you proceed please. [...]<div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">User information<ul><li>Author: KTM WP Forks on AT</li></ul></div> Waz on "Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-f650#post-53 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:15:43 +0000 Waz 53@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ Hi Dimitris, * The forks are from a regular 950 Adventure - not the S model. * The yokes are from the same bike as the forks, BUT … * The steering stem (sometimes called the steering post) is from a KTM Supermoto. It is a much more suitable length for the BMW steering head. We maybe could have used the Adventure steering stem and got it shortened and re-threaded - but we already had the Supermoto stem machined to take the BMW bearings when we were thinking of fitting Supermoto forks. So we had the Adventure stem pressed out and replaced with the Supermoto stem. guest on "Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-f650#post-50 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:04:46 +0000 guest 50@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ Hello, I am Dimitris from Greece. Would you like to tell me about the forks and the steering column system? Are the forks 43mm steering column system and from the 950ktm ADV or from 950ktm ADV S? I am waiting for your news. Many regards, Dimitris<div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">User information<ul><li>Author: DIMITRIS</li></ul></div> Waz on "Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650" http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/topic/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-f650#post-27 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:46 +0000 Waz 27@http://www.garagenight.tv/forum/ <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/%2B32BgLVIAA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="510" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> We’re back with our much-anticipated special project: fitting a set of KTM inverted or USD forks to Richard’s BMW F650 Dakar. Now that we’ve got Richard’s “number two bike” back on the road, it’s time to get cracking on “number one” - the F650 Dakar that he rode to Singapore in 2003. <div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><a class="flickr-image" title="Stick with us" href="http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2888965327_eb4077da6a_t.jpg" alt="Stick with us" width="100" height="69" /></a><a href=http://www.garagenight.tv/stick-with-us>Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night</a></div> While no.2 (also an F650 Dakar) is Richard’s daily hack, no.1 is the sentimental favourite because of its history. A while back Richard decided to turn it into something special and has been progressively getting things overhauled, powdercoated, polished and blinged up with stainless steel bolts. But the big-ticket item is a set of KTM inverted or upside-down (USD) forks - the factory-fitted variety made by WP Suspension. Whenever we’ve mentioned this on ADVRider or other forums there’s been a big response - so this episode, where we explain the conversion, should prove popular. <a href="http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw/">Ep 11: KTM forks on a BMW F650</a>