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Cruiser
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Phenix City AL. | My wife got me a used front end, forks with tripple trees , for christmas, but they have for 08 only written on the trees, I have an 09. The plan is to powdercoat the lowers, rebuild the forks, then sawp them out for the ones that are on now ( nothing wrong with the ones I have , just do not want the vision to be down while getting powder coat and fork rebuild) Soooo what is the difference between 08 and 09 ???? After the swap I was going to sell or trade the front end I take off ( I will be looking for break calipers next , I am going with the conquest red calipers) I might have to sell the 08 set if they will not fit. |
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Tourer
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New Orleans, La, | Someone else may want to chyme in with verification but I read somewhere that the forks are interchangable. The differences are internal between the 08 and subsequent model years making the 08 more difficult to break down. |
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Visionary
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | What you need to do is look for the letter M cast on the 09. If it is there then the 08 is a direct swap. If it is not there; then the 09 has KYB forks, and the tube is 1mm bigger then the 08 |
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Visionary
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| I think 08 is 43mm and 09 is 44mm
You should use the 08 trees and forks as one. Other then that no big difference. Check a parts book. You'll need new bearings and buy them from a bearing store you can get better ones at a cheaper price |
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vision fork interchange ?