Maintenance & Technical > KX250 / KX125
2000 KX250 with full Showa suspension
stuart1981:
yeh mine seem to look the same, when i got them on i thought they had sent me the wrong ones,m but even the instructions say that they need to be bent to fit? they could be a really good product if they had a bit more thought to them?
stuart1981:
thats the way i did mine, the bend on the bracket side, i had to use a lond T-bar to get behind to put the bolts in if you see what i mean? it explained on my instructions to do it like this so to space them off the rad?
Jeeks:
Yeah, I think that's the way the design is "supposed" to work. But you lose the clutch cable bracket that way. Obviously a zip tie or another bolt may work. The design is cheesy to say the least. I'm buying Devols next.
BDI:
I think there is like 3/4 inch difference between those two shocks,I don't think cutting a 1/4 inch off the bump stop is going to fix that. It could add up to quite a bit at the end of the swingarm. I'm sure you have done your home work though I really can't tell from here. All I can do is measure the KX shock I have here and then measure the shocks on the screen, then figure the scale and do the math. It might help out if you could put a tape measure up next to the shock shafts. when you show mods like this you should give as much info as possible as too why this is a good idea. I just hate to think someone might follow someone elses example on something like this without knowing all the facts.
Jeeks:
--- Quote from: BDI on August 06, 2008, 05:19:11 PM ---I think there is like 3/4 inch difference between those two shocks,I don't think cutting a 1/4 inch off the bump stop is going to fix that. It could add up to quite a bit at the end of the swingarm. I'm sure you have done your home work though I really can't tell from here. All I can do is measure the KX shock I have here and then measure the shocks on the screen, then figure the scale and do the math. It might help out if you could put a tape measure up next to the shock shafts.
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It was only 1/4 -5/16 of an inch. The stopper wasn't pushed completely down in that pic. I removed the difference from the stopper and tested the action on the bike with the spring removed.
--- Quote --- when you show mods like this you should give as much info as possible as too why this is a good idea. I just hate to think someone might follow someone elses example on something like this without knowing all the facts.
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What do you mean why it's a good idea? It's called "tinkering".
The fork swap was an incredible improvement. So I decided to attempt the shock. I'm not telling people to go out and do this to their bike, I'm just showing what could be done. :roll:
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