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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Need .40 springs???
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[QUOTE="glad2ride, post: 1113190, member: 62076"] Have you considered keeping the stock springs and just losing 130 pounds? :-) What is your weight in full riding gear? Is there some reason you are wanting to go with "just" .42 rate springs? I would think .45 or .46 would be better if you are around 215 in full gear. Besides giving the correct amount of sag, it will make the bike sit up higher and hopefully avoid some of the rocks below. None of the XR400 springs will fit properly inside 1991 - 1994 KDX250 forks. Besides fit, they are just .38 (early years) or .40 (later years), so those are not correct for your bike/rider combined weight, anyway. Try Eibach 989 with a PVC or aluminum spacer. It worked great for me. Race Tech 3949's may also work. I would suggest that if you are willing to put the time into it, you can make them work more to your liking. Try starting out with the minimum amount of oil listed in the manual, then make changes with your compression damping adjusters. If you can't get it stiff enough, THEN add more oil. As with any KDX cartridge fork, a Race Tech Compression Gold Valve kit will be an improvement. You'll have to calm down from the spring change to get your head right and worry about that later, though. :-) Good luck with it. [/QUOTE]
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