Author Topic: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?  (Read 2530 times)

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Offline joko

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Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
« 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

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Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2012, 01:49:59 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

Motorrad

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Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
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Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
« Reply #3 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...

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Re: Current model (2009+) forks on KX500?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2012, 06:29:17 AM »
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