Sweet RD350

[rodneya]

Interesting that he used Grom forks and not huge oversize forks like  most builds I see.[



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juPaoe3_qfY

[suey1958]

Very Nice build 

[m in sc]

thats very nicely done.

he must have gone with the racetech kit for the grom forks, they increase the travel quite a bit. interesting choice, love the tail section too.

[Dvsrd]

Hopefully those Grom forks save some weight as well?

[m in sc]

not really.. they are essentially regular forks in usd guise, the are really nothing special or particularly light.

[350GUY]

Them grom USD forks are of 3.9 in. travel......less than the RD forks. Would this have any negative effect on the handling/cornering, braking etc. ?

[m in sc]

if you use the racetech stuff, it gives you more travel. ask how i know. ;)

I mean, depends how much you usually compress your rd forks. I know on a stock bike i see more travel with the 'sticks and twig' stock stuff then if i have emulators in there. 

on grom forks, here's me putting the racetech kit in mine:






because i didnt want the extra travel on actual grom, i turned the rods down on the lathe and retapped the rod, this had to be in in 14 or 15.

[350GUY]

Very neat Mark, you are always ahead of the game!
This is good info, thanks for sharing.
I guess you would also have to fab up a spacer to run between the hub at the fork tube/leg?