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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: joko on August 06, 2012, 01:45:51 PM

Title: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
Post by: joko on August 06, 2012, 01:45:51 PM

Has anyone successfully swapped a newer model front fork assembly onto their
89-04 KX500? Was the performance gain worthwhile? I wondering if the Yamaha Kayaba
SST front end would work with a custom triple clamp?
Thanks, Joe

Title: Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
Post by: Motorrad on August 06, 2012, 01:49:59 PM

Quote from: joko on August 06, 2012, 01:45:51 PM

Has anyone successfully swapped a newer model front fork assembly onto their
89-04 KX500? Was the performance gain worthwhile? I wondering if the Yamaha Kayaba
SST front end would work with a custom triple clamp?
Thanks, Joe

2008 kx450 DLC coated forks on mine :0).   Only needed a custom stem


Thread is around somewhere.  I'll see if I can find it for ya

Title: Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
Post by: Motorrad on August 06, 2012, 02:06:01 PM

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,6712.0.html

also bumped it to the top for ya  :wink:

Title: Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
Post by: joko on August 06, 2012, 02:26:40 PM

So all offset dimensions are the same? The overall fork length is the same? Did you respring and revalve? How was performance gain? thanks...

Title: Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
Post by: Motorrad on August 08, 2012, 06:29:17 AM

Quote from: joko on August 06, 2012, 02:26:40 PM

So all offset dimensions are the same? The overall fork length is the same? Did you respring and revalve? How was performance gain? thanks...

All that is answered in the thread....     Including real numbers.  What team green ran.. Who valved.. Etc

I'll give a better performance review this evening.  (when not on iPhone). As I never did