F4I front wheel on 5th gen

Discussion in '5th Generation 1998-2001' started by OZ VFR, Jan 22, 2015.

  1. OZ VFR

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    Will a CBR600 F4I front wheel fit a 5th gen?
    I'm intending on using all the original 5th gen disk rotors and spindle/spacers.
     
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    I say yes, since I have a 98 F4 front wheel on my 91. Same spacers, axle etc, Ghost Rider
     
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    Thanks ridevfr, is it a 3 or 5 spoke?
    Do you know if either are lighter than the original 5th gen?
     
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    Mine is a five spoker, it was lighter than the stocker. Made a difference on steering input. Cheers.
     
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    OZ, did you use wheel spacers that were intended for the original F4i wheel? I assume by now you must have figured out that the brake rotors are not compatible between the F4i in the VFR.
     
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    I'm still trying to find one.
    But you use all the VFR stuff.
    I did the delink and VTR lowers with my own custom valving, that saved 1.5kg off the front wheel.
     
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    Just to add my two cents, I now have a CBR600F4i fork/brakes/guard in 6G VFR triples, and I'm still using the 5G wheel, discs, axle and spacers. Everything lines up perfectly, I thought I had a slight offset (less than 0.5mm) of the wheel measured to the forks, but after riding for 5000km there is no sign that the bike wants to pull to the side so I figure my measurement was off. Actually it tracks straighter now than it did when it had a stock 5G front end.

    Regarding brake discs, there are two types used on 600F4i, pre 01 and post 01. The post 01 discs are not interchangeable with the VFR, they have a much bigger centre hole/bolt spacing. DAMHIK. 98 and 99 CBR600F4 discs are the same as the VFR 5G and 6G.
     
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