I'm almost finished with the front end conversion for my '98 900CR. I pulled the Marzocchi's and replaced them with some revalved Showa's off a '99 900SS ie. I swapped out the 20mm bearings in my Marchesini's and put in some 25mm ones after I had the internal spacer from the '99 machined down to fit my rim and the new bearings. I used a bicycle headset spacer next to the bearing to position the speedo drive just right as well. '99 calipers and master cylinders went on next as well as some new bars from Cyclecat. It's looking pretty sharp. Hopefully we're buying a digital camera this weekend so I can take some pics.
This was a fairly labor intensive project and I made a few mistakes along the way. There were a couple times when I thought perhaps I should've gone with the old SP forks, but I'm glad I stuck with it now. I'm looking forward to my 1st ride this spring.
I concur with the previous advice on the Ohlins rear shock. One of the best mods I ever put on.
Whatever you decide, enjoy and good luck! I had lots of help from the folks on this board as I'm sure you will as well.
Best regards,
Jeff
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'98 944 CR
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