KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: KXcam22 on September 18, 2004, 06:52:13 AM
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:?: 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.
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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?
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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
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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.
(http://www.rockymountainmc.com/product_graphics/ace22525913.jpg)
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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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Cam let me know how it works I am thinking about doing the same mod but i have a 1991 KX125.
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I used the stock front brake rotor protecter and had to trim it a bit too. If you looked hard, you would notice, but most people don't.
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looking good!