Let's rewind back to a time when the front end of my bike didn't look like this yet:
I'm one of those that, admittedly, wants to have his cake and eat it too. This was a big reason why I didn't buy a pair of Ohlins R&T forks for my bike a lot sooner than I could have; it's not because they were rare or people were selling a used set for too much.
It was because of escalation.
I remember having talked about it with Rob, that as much as I wanted to have R&T forks, I didn't want to have that and run it with the regular calipers. An upgrade like that to my forks necessitated (to me) an upgrade to the brake calipers as well. No biggie, but the problem was I was never one to collect parts in my garage; if I buy a part, I want it on the bike right away.
But I didn't want the forks on the bike right away without the calipers.
So I was basically leaving myself in a position to either have it all, or have nothing.
It was really by luck and a very big favor from Rob that I was able to have my cake and eat it too, when I found a pair of Ohlins R&T forks already fitted with upgraded (billet) brakes that Rob agreed to help me get.
So now the whole front end of my bike makes sense, in that they're comprised of parts that are in a way, up to par with one another; the Ohlins forks, billet and radial calipers, oversized full-floating rotors, and the forged aluminum wheel. Virtually nothing is stock in my front end with the exception of the wheel axle, and that's only because of my apprehension to run a titanium axle for daily use.
So what does this have to do with the superbike forks?
Escalation.
While the superbike forks would bring me ever closer to my ever continuing goal to make my street bike a rolling homage to today's absolute racing motorcycles, I can't just stop at the superbike forks, can I? What would be next? Nickel-plated billet Brembo calipers, perched over some insanely expensive rotors, like say carbon rotors?
I don't stop. When I get going, I do not stop.
So before I even get started again, I'm going to have to draw the line right now for me to not cross. Where the bike's at now is already elevated from where it was, far from where I ever thought I could take it.
So why keep escalating when I've already done more than enough?
