Upper Triple Tree Question

[Court93kat]

I purchased a lock set on E-bay so all my locks would have one key. It came from a 750, and the person included the upper triple tree with the ignition switch. My question is would it be benificial to mount the 750 triple tree to my 600? I know it would raise the height of the clipons, but would that be a bad thing? Has anyone done this? Is there anything I am not thinking of to where it wouldn't work?

Thanks for any information.

[floxera]

Re: Upper Triple Tree Question

......I know it would raise the height of the clipons, but would that be a bad thing? ....

I think it's a question of personal taste. not good or bad

Raising the bars doesn't necessarily change the steering geometry. However the 750 triple clamp uses different clips to hold the bars. If you make the fork legs on your 600 flush with the top of the 750 clip-ons you will be lowering the front end of your 600. That will change the geometry and the handling.

90-02 600/750 Kats use the same length fork legs, but the 750 Kats have a slightly different angled rake to make up for the slightly lower frontend. The change in rake keeps the trail the same for both 600 and 750 and keeps the overall geometry similar for both models.

[md86]

What about different legth brake lines ?

[floxera]

yep the top brakelines are different lengths too.

[Court93kat]

So, in a nut shell, if I replace the upper tree it will lower the front of the bike and i may have problems with the brake lines. Sounds like the easiest thing to do would be to replace only the lock cylinder.

Thanks floxera.