Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original

89 forks swap on too 87

<< < (2/3) > >>

Motorrad:
I ran 89 conventional forks on my 87 when I had it...  Bolt right on.   All 500 parts though. 

81cr450:
I like conventionals cause they seem to eat seals less. Wondering though if anybody has tried emulators on the 89 K5 forks yet?

KXDINO:
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 .

81cr450:
Thanks for the enlightenment KXDINO, no wonder I could not find them.  :oops:

Mike Grant:
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. 

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page