Diference in forks (country wise)?

[cad600]

So I've seen this a lot when you look at bikes in different countries. I had not really given it much thought until now. What is the deal with saying you have USD forks? Given the global market and how screwed the US gets with motorcycle imports (everywhere gets beter bikes than we do) I can't believe we get better forks on the bike here than else where. It also doesn't make since for the manufacturers to place different forks on a bike for different markets from a finance stand point. So what gives with this?

[mszilves]

I think that usually USD when talking about forks refers to UpSide-Down forks, versus US Domestic market. I believe that forks on similar models are pretty much the same and independent of geographical region.

[cad600]

That makes a lot of sense. I never put that term together (USD = UpSide Down). I had always seen and heard them referred to as Inverted. I was never any good at acronyms either.

[PIMPMYFZR]

damn good thread i always wondered what the usd stood for also ...kool now to find some upside down fork ..lolol

[abs929cbrrr]

inverterd....= USD haha

[csofos]

Yes. USD is the acronym for the words up-side-down, meAning that the forks are in reverse. We use this term in Greece when someone sells a bike, in order to report that this bike has up-side-down. And we simply write USD.