Suspension for 2000 KX

[sandblaster]

Unless you plan on competing on a national level you can have your forks revalved and sprung for your weight and riding conditions and it will be more than most will ever be able to use.
Not to mention it will be far less expensive then a new after market set.

[MXonaKawi]

I have no idea what this costs, but it seems like it would be the perfect cure all for me. I'd really like to just bolt a brand new works suspension on this bike. I may not, but the bike definitely deserves it. Hahah

http://www.rg3suspension.com/akit.htm


If I were to buy oem outer fork tubes and oem inner fork tubes/lower fork legs, that would cost just under $900 (crazy!!!!) and thats without any of the other parts, and set up for me.

ha...yeah but did you call for pricing on those RG3's...you might not wanna know

No I did not. I'm guessing it's well over $3000 conservatively estimating. Probably somewhere around 5k like the pro-circuit ones.

[MXonaKawi]

Unless you plan on competing on a national level you can have your forks revalved and sprung for your weight and riding conditions and it will be more than most will ever be able to use.
Not to mention it will be far less expensive then a new after market set.

No chance of competing or interest in competing on a national level. This is a hobby and my favorite thing to do. Everything else on the bike is going to look like NEW, I can't have chewed up forks on the bike. So it's either aftermarket or oem. And if oem is as expensive as I think it will be, I'd rather just go aftermarket. Are there any cheaper aftermarket brands?

[Foxx4Beaver]

not sure if it was already mentioned....but you could get them refinished and anodized to look like new...kinda half-a$$in it...but it's another option.

[sandblaster]

not sure if it was already mentioned....but you could get them refinished and anodized to look like new...kinda half-a$$in it...but it's another option.

Lot's and lot's of stickers

[MXonaKawi]

not sure if it was already mentioned....but you could get them refinished and anodized to look like new...kinda half-a$$in it...but it's another option.

I considered that but there are some chips in the outer fork tubes and lower fork legs. I couldn't just throw a nice coating over a flaw/blemish like that. It's kinda like the band-aid method. And since I'm going so far with the rest of the rebuild, I really can't skimp in any area.

[Foxx4Beaver]

not sure if it was already mentioned....but you could get them refinished and anodized to look like new...kinda half-a$$in it...but it's another option.

Lot's and lot's of stickers

Haha....I think I pee'd myself a lil reading that

[MXonaKawi]

For Brand new OEM gold forks the entire set would cost me $1365.41

I paid 1k for the bike lol. fml.

[jBernard]

since sandblaster knows his years, and says that your bike will only accept up to 20XX forks, then you're left with 2 options:

- buy used forks, why havent you mentioned this yet? you can buy 2000 era forks in good shape for DIRT cheap:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2000-KAWASAKI-KX250-KX-250-FRONT-FORKS-1999-2001-2002-KX125-/120977969091?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c2ad94fc3&vxp=mtr

-retrofit your bike with some later year forks. this is going to cost your newer used forks (i have 2009 forks i'm trying to get rid of, and they are going for about 500$ on ebay ive seen).
but this is going to cost you some work, first you'll have to measure your new tubes and get your trees bored out to accept them. then hopefully the offset and trail matches up.
this way is going to cost you a fair amount of time and i dont even know if it will work.

[MXonaKawi]

since sandblaster knows his years, and says that your bike will only accept up to 20XX forks, then you're left with 2 options:

- buy used forks, why havent you mentioned this yet? you can buy 2000 era forks in good shape for DIRT cheap:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2000-KAWASAKI-KX250-KX-250-FRONT-FORKS-1999-2001-2002-KX125-/120977969091?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c2ad94fc3&vxp=mtr

-retrofit your bike with some later year forks. this is going to cost your newer used forks (i have 2009 forks i'm trying to get rid of, and they are going for about 500$ on ebay ive seen).
but this is going to cost you some work, first you'll have to measure your new tubes and get your trees bored out to accept them. then hopefully the offset and trail matches up.
this way is going to cost you a fair amount of time and i dont even know if it will work.

No point in doing used forks. I have them already. The point is that I want new ones lol. Any I find online aren't going to be in much better shape than mine enough to make the difference I want. I'm seriously considering just getting the oem fork setup for $1300 and then oem shock cylinder for $300ish, then getting springs for my weight/setup for me.

[sandblaster]

It will sure look nice.
Post some pics.

[Foxx4Beaver]

For Brand new OEM gold forks the entire set would cost me $1365.41

I paid 1k for the bike lol. fml.

that's ok...I paid $1500 for my K5 2 years ago...and in the 1st week I dropped $2200 on new OEM parts...and now 2 years later I'm up around $9500-$10K with all the little things I've done to it......and there's members on here that can put my numbers to shame!

[MXonaKawi]

For Brand new OEM gold forks the entire set would cost me $1365.41

I paid 1k for the bike lol. fml.

that's ok...I paid $1500 for my K5 2 years ago...and in the 1st week I dropped $2200 on new OEM parts...and now 2 years later I'm up around $9500-$10K with all the little things I've done to it......and there's members on here that can put my numbers to shame!

Good to hear! Now I won't feel so bad by spending more than it was worth brand new lol

[jBernard]

i thought you said yours were torn up. why dont you just refinish them, or find some better used parts and replace yours. it will get you 90% to new OEM quality but a couple hundred bucks tops compared to 1300.
you could powdercoat the lugs, get legs rechromed, and re anodize the top tubes. that will look new.

[MXonaKawi]

I would upload pics but it won't let me under additional options.