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Updating the fork protectors on an older KX

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KXcam22:
:?: I'm trying to update the fork tube (lower) protectors on a '92.  The newer wrap around type look better and should offer more side protection.  I'm not too worried about the missing 3rd bottom mount.  I just bought a UFO kit complete with the guides but as I was driving home I remembered that the '92 has smaller forks than the new ones. Sure enough, the clamps are a bit too big.  Before I modify them, does anyone have an easy mod to fix this or a better way to do this whole upgrade thing. Thanks. Cam.

mikesmith:
No, I think youll be the first.But I wonder about using guards that wrap around off a differnt brand bike that use the same fork size?

gowen:
I replaced the guards on my '99 yz250 for another color and used the white ones on my kx which is a '90 model. fits great

NastyNick:
I snapped my fork guards off late ast year in a nasty "almost crash" (cased a landing bad but didn't wreck).  This past spring I replaced them with UFO protectors for a 1995 KX125.  The two front bolts on the fork protector attach in the same place.  The side holes do nothing so I hack-sawed them off and sanded'em smooth.  Works like a charm and protects way better than the stock ones.  btw, my K5 is 1993 so I think the 1995 KX125 UFO's should work on yours too.

edit:  Heres a pic of the Acerbis one (should work too, but more expensive than UFO).  See the side mount?  Thats what I cut off and smoothed over.

kawdude:
Do the 92's use a different sized slide?  I have a 94 and a pair of 93 slides and the only thing I noticed was the different caliper mount and plastic guard mount.

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