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conbread:
what Yr did the forks change on the kx500? my bike is coming and has the Blue legs on it, but has the small lower fork guards on it.. i have noticed that the newer bikes have alot bigger fork guards on them.. can i switch to the newer forks and they work with my tripple clamps, brakes and, front wheel??

thanks for the help guys..

conbread:
so looks like i need to find 97-2004 forks 46mm now i just need to know if they will fit in my tripple clamps.... stock 91 clamps..

Motorrad:

--- Quote from: conbread on April 29, 2013, 11:13:37 AM ---so looks like i need to find 97-2004 forks 46mm now i just need to know if they will fit in my tripple clamps.... stock 91 clamps..

--- End quote ---

my re-valved 91 blue leg forks worked VERY well actually.


try it and ride it first, before you decide to make any changes

Goat:
IIRC Blue forks were 43mm so the newer 94+ forks wont fit your triple trees. I believe the axle diameter was different as well. Also brake mounting was slightly off but could be made to work.

Blue forks work great if you have them rebuilt by a good company. Not so good stock though. Probably cheaper to rebuild/re-valve the ones you have than convert to a newer style and probably still have to rebuild the new forks.

motopunk:
the blue 43mm forks are stock from 91 to 95 in kx125/250 and in kx500 91 to 96 . the 46mm-forks came in 96 to kx125/250 and in 97 to kx500. the 46-fork legs are bigger diameter and you need the right triple trees. the older of the blue fork wonīt fit in any way.
 in performance, the 46 is not much different than the 43.  real big upgrade was the 48- forks in the kx-f models... 8-)

front axle diameter on the blue forks was changed in 93 . and in 94 came the newer brake caliper which also donīt fit to the older forks in 91- 93

so I agree with  "motorrad" : try it and ride it first, before you decide to make any changes!


... :-)

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