Hey guys, I'm looking at putting a 97 KX125 front end on my 06 KDX200, I have all the parts to make it fit so there's no drama there. However, I measured up the KX front end and built it in my CAD program. The offset is 2mm less (22mm) and the distance from the top of the fork tubes to the axle centre is 30mm longer (945mm). This means that even if I drop the triple trees by 15mm (as far as they can go without reaching the taper on the forks) it will leave me with some quite different geometry from the original forks.
Rake from 26.5 to 27 degrees (no real issue)
Wheel base length from 1435mm to 1438mm (no real issue)
Trail from 108 to 116 (now here's were it'll make a difference in the tight woods).
Has anyone whose done this conversion noticed a handling difference in the tight stuff?
I'm pretty sure that the conversion would be better than just having Gold Valves put in my KDX forks, but I really don't want to trade that off for poorer tight woods handling. Your thoughts any one?