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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: turbo93svt on May 01, 2009, 01:20:42 AM

Title: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: turbo93svt on May 01, 2009, 01:20:42 AM

does anyone know if a set of forks and triple trees of of a 93 kx 250 will go onto an 89 kx 500 frame?? any help would be greatly appreciated as im trying to upgrade to the newer inverted forks.

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: DoldGuy on May 01, 2009, 04:55:09 AM

Yes & No,

The trees and forks will fit but you have to swap the stem from the K5 to the K2.5 trees & have a bushing made for the top tree. Also keep in mind the K2.5 trees have less offset (which could be a good or bad thing depending on type of riding you do).

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: turbo93svt on May 01, 2009, 04:06:16 PM

thanks for letting me know the forks are coming with the lower triple tree and the stem but no upper triple tree so i was wondering if my 500 top would work or would i have to get the 250 one and make a bushing, thanks for your feedback.

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: DoldGuy on May 02, 2009, 12:46:17 AM

Turbo,
You need the K2.5 top tree also, the offset is different between the them.

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: turbo93svt on May 02, 2009, 02:58:55 AM

okay thanks for the information, i will see if the forks come with the top tree or not if not i will watch for one i can pick up, how involved is it to make the bushing you were refering to?

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: doordie on May 03, 2009, 03:49:55 AM

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,5652.0.html

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: turbo93svt on May 03, 2009, 04:09:40 AM

thanks to everyone for the great info, i appreciate it.

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: azracer19 on May 03, 2009, 04:23:12 AM

i have a set of upper and lower tripple clamps from a 2002 kx 250 if they will work

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: turbo93svt on May 03, 2009, 01:26:51 PM

im not sure if they will or not, i have and 89 kx 500 and the forks are from an 93 kx 250 but if they will work how much would you want for them?

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: DoldGuy on May 03, 2009, 01:54:11 PM

The 93 forks are 43mm and too small for the clamps.

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: keithluneau on May 03, 2009, 03:33:28 PM

So you're the guy that got those forks I was watching on eBay? lol

I was thinking of swapping the conventional forks on my '89 250 with these '93 forks, but the auction had no top clamp, axle, or caliper, and I didn't know what all would swap over from my bike, so I left it alone.

Title: Re: fork interchangeability on the kx 500
Post by: turbo93svt on May 03, 2009, 04:32:32 PM

yeah i kinda took a chance on buying them, i figured they came off a kawasaki so how hard could it be, i will let you know once i figure out what else i have to buy and how much the total was :-D