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[greggyboy]

Hi, i am fitting some 65mm calipers onto the front end of my ss, i have changed the forks, however the calipers do not quite sit centered over the discs, Do you need to fit a spacer between the fork and the caliper to line them up correctly.

Regards

Greg.

[Ghost]

Originally Posted by greggyboy

Hi, i am fitting some 65mm calipers onto the front end of my ss, i have changed the forks, however the calipers do not quite sit centered over the discs, Do you need to fit a spacer between the fork and the caliper to line them up correctly.

Regards

Greg.

Is the wheel exactly in the centre of the forks you may have to alter your axle spacers.

If the offset bias is to the outside of one caliper and the inside of the other then that would indicate wheel out of alignment in the fork.

[skidlids]

I've never had any issues with alignment when chaning the forks and calipers at the same time. providing the wheel is centred

What front wheel and what discs are you using

[greggyboy]

Got to the bottom of the problem

The forks are off the 695 and they have an extra mounting type plate on that set up, so i will need spacers to compensate for this.

[skidlids]

That suprises me Greg as my Monster 800 S2R came with two piston calipers, mounting plate and the smaller discs, but 320mm disc with 10mm offset (as found on most 996s, 916s, 748s, Monster 600/750/900, Supersports etc) along with 4-pot calipers bolted on without any alignment issues. And I though the 695 had the same original setup as my S2R