As a matter of interest what calipers are you going to use on the Ohlins?

 

I picked these up from SAB a little while back and never got around to installing them, the forks, master cylinder, etc.. on my '05. I'm in the USAF and picked most of this up before I PCS'd (military move) from Guam back to the states.

I put these on the Carrozzeria v track's I bought from Steve already:

It kills me that I've got a closet full of cool stuff to put on and just haven't been able to yet... LOL :crash

 

Ok that's good because you are going to have to use the stock rotors with the speed sensor and that size disc would not have worked with OEM 108mm calipers on the Oh;ins.
So I would now try and make (or have made) a bracket that will mount to the Ohlins caliper mounting plate point somehow. Either that or try to drop one off of the rear fender bracket mounting point.

 

I "think" I might be able to get away with using the braking rotors I've got; if you look at the pic in post one, there is a ring that looks to work with the sensor that bolts on top of the rotor -- my thought was to see if I could simply bolt that over the top of my braking rotor. I like your thought on making/having something made that would mount to the caliper mounting plate. Thanks so much for the advice brotha, I really really appreciate it!

I have nothing educational to add to this thread except YUM on those mods.

LOL... Thank you man! :hammer:

 

I have nothing educational to add to this thread except YUM on those mods.

 

Yea, from the pics it looks like you could use the target for the sensor on any rotor. It also might be easier to use the rear fender mount bracket on the ohlins to hold a bracket for your sensor. Because if you were to add a plate under the caliper mount it would be like a spacer, so you might want to use a larger diameter rotor. Just a thought.

 

I was thinking about that a little earlier, thanks for throwing it out there as well. :thumbup

My mistake man I didn't look close enough, I can see the ring is separate now so you should be fine. Unusual for OEM to think about aftermarket adaptation, must have been a mistake :hammer: :hammer:

LOL... No worries, and I'm glad they made a mistake like that! :hammer:

Call Ohlins and see if they make/are making a fork for the 2012. Maybe you can just replace the axel/caliper fitting at the bottom of the tube?

I didn't think of that, good idea! Those fork bottoms are pretty expensive, aren't they? If so, Ohlins:nforc:

 

Call Ohlins and see if they make/are making a fork for the 2012. Maybe you can just replace the axel/caliper fitting at the bottom of the tube?

 

Not sure, worth the try. Maybe they'll do an exchange?

 

Here's one using the bottom pinch bolts

Off the bottom seems popular

 

WOW! Thanks so much for throwing those up!! :bow

I need to trace the line for the sensor back to its origin to see if there is enough extra line to relocate the sensor to the pinch bolts. If not, I was looking at possibly trying to put something together that would allow me to mount it to the rear mount of the fender.

 

Only problem with mounting it to the rear fender mount is that there doesn't seem to be a clear line of sight to the ring on the rotor. The lower pinch bolts would be your best bet from the looks of it.

Ohlin's does have fork bottoms for the '12, but keep in mind that they are built to work with the newer FGRT style fork and may not be compatible. Also, they are made for 130mm calipers, not 108mm. The modular fork bottom on the FG series forks are perfect for what you are doing. There are plenty of bolts to mount to with that style.

 

Did you ever solve your issue with relocating the sensor? If so, could you post some photos.

Thanks

 

No, I actually ended up selling my old forks and picked up a set of FGRT 206s, which have a mounting location on them.

 

Darn. Thanks