1984 Fork Swap - long

[rgalbraith]

Hi all,

I have read the faq and have browsed the archives and used the search function, but I have not found an answer to my question. Hopefully, someone here can tell me if what I want to do is possible or not. I have a pristine example of a 1984 KDX 200. As anyone who has ever ridden one knows the brakes are useless. I want to graft the forks and front brake from an '86-'88 model onto mine. Has anyone ever done this? is it as simple as bolting the newer forks up to the '84 triple clamps? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[procircuit21]

It should be no problem. I have a '91 200 and I chucked my stock forks for the forks off a '93 and they bolted up fine. I seriously doubt that Kawasaki would change the diameter of the forks so it shoudl be no problem.

 

[JasonWho]

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[Matt90GT]

If you get the forks complete with the wheel, brakes, axle and tripple clamps it is a direct bolt in affair! The bearings in the tripple clamp are the same from 83-91 and maybe even later than that.

We finished a 86 complete front end on my friends 83 KDX200. Do a search for it as we posted pics of it a while back.