Can anyone identify these forks ?

[Gibbo]

Hi guys,

I've recently picked up a KDX200SR (1992) and the forks are not standard.

Does anyone know what they are so i can read up on how to adjust them???

They only have (as far as i can see) 1 adjustment screww on the top.

When I'm riding the road the front bounces up and down when I get the speed up and i want to dial it out...

any advice welcome.....

PLEASE NOTE: they are not gold they are silver, the previous owner painted them gold....and not very well :nener:

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[EYY]

Looks like they might be the standard forks from a 93/94 model kdx200.. You'll find info on the forum about these forks if you do a search. I dont think they really have any adjustment though. You could try repositioning the forks in the clamps higher or lower to see if that helps.

Cheers

 

[Gibbo]

Ok so I took them off and started rubbing off the crappy gold paint and it turns oiut they are blue underneath.....

Also founf a compression adjuster on the very bottom under a rubber cap that was so caked in crap I couldn't see it..

gonna rub all the gold off and respray them in a lighter gold and do it properly....

anyone any the wiser as to which KDX may have had blue forks?

 

[dirt bike dave]

As was mentioned, the '93 and '94 KDX 200 had inverted forks. Top portions were anodized blue. The bottom part near the brakes was silver.

FWIW, the '91 - '94 KDX 250 also had inverted blue forks. Probably the KLX250 and 300, too.

Kawasaki has a bad habit of making KDX forks with too soft a spring, too low an oil level and too much high speed compression damping. Fix those things and your forks will be much better on the road and on the trail.

 

[Gibbo]

Thanks guys.. all really helpfull stuff.....