Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
89 forks swap on too 87
motopunk:
--- Quote from: Mike Grant on April 03, 2015, 02:10:27 PM ---The other option I was looking at was having race tech gold valve installed. Still leaves me with the crummy single piston brake setup though.
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at this point i show you one of my bikes again...
83 kx250 with 88 forklegs , 1990 double piston caliper and my handmade bracket for this nissin caliper...
the build of the bike with detailed fotos of the bracket made: http://der-motopunk.de.tl/kx250c1_1983-die-wiedergeburt-.htm
the double piston nissin caliper on the 88 fork...
motopunk:
in the meantime i started another 87 kx-project and found out that with little modifying you could fit in some honda pegs... thats what i do at the moment... 8-)
Foxx4Beaver:
--- Quote from: KXDINO on April 03, 2015, 09:07:36 AM ---Never seen the kx 89 46mm , we never got them in Australia , only the first up side down.I did ride a 89 rm125 sling shot that had the 46mm fork , it was good , I preferred the forks on the 88 kx 250 over the 89 kx 250 any day . Emulaters gold valves only go in forks that have damper rods, 89 k5 have piston and shim stack which can be replaced with a normal gold valve, if anybody changes to 13 /14 air forks or the new 15 fork , these forks benefit from a new gold valve both mid and compression valve , big improvement , not trying to sell any one race tech stuff , im sure there other stuff just as good out there , I get most of my stuff for suspension from the distributor in aust , at discount prices .
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thanks for your input KXDINO.
Mike Grant:
Hey motopunk show some pictures of those pegs would love to see them. I was also looking on KLR650 sites as they use the same front caliper and a few of them have upgraded too a Suzuki SV650 front caliper which is a 2 piston Tokico.
KXDINO:
Thanks foxy.
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