Hi everyone! I recently became the owner of a Terra I purchased at a great price as it has some problems with the front forks. Does anyone have any experience or has anyone attempted to upgrade the front forks on the Terra to a 48mm fork? (I intend to replace the triple clamps as well not just the forks) If so can I pick your brain on the process and any pitfalls which occurred? I've scoured both here and ADVRider but haven't been able to find anyone who's done it before. If someone has and they've written about it can a kind soul point a traveler in the right direction? (I am looking at doing this largely cause I like to tinker. Yes I am aware it will likely be more expensive than just getting the current forks repaired.) Any assistance is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance and ride safely!
I replaced my forks on my Strada with a set from a Suzuki DRZ400sm. Fitting the forks to the Strada triple clamps was straightforward. A couple of measurements and machining the triples bores and I was good to go for fitting the forks to the triples. In my case I only had to open the bores up about .019 on the top triple clamp and .038 on the bottom triple clamp if I'm remembering right. The wheel/hub was the biggest problem as I kept my BMW/Husky wheel setup and mated it to the DRZ axle. Had to source nonstandard size bearings, a 310 brake rotor, machine various spacers and fab a mount for the ABS sensor.
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/yz-wr-kayaba-fork-conversion-on-a-terra.84327/ Here you go, Some beautiful work by Aquatic. Different countries have differing laws about this type of conversion. In Oz you should get the approval from a main roads certified engineer.
