Oh no another Fork Swap a 10 year wait, If I only Knew Sooner.

[dixie]

Yes, Here's another story on the KX-conversion. Would Like to thank Every One Who has Put Infor on this Web site for People to use. Here is my lowdown on my project, I notice that some said you needed a 3/8 spacers for the top clamp and others said the clamp would hit the gas tank. Mined did and that the fork tubes needed to be up a 1 inch in the clamp also, That started me to rethink this situation, So I made a Spacers 1 - 3/8 inches to raise the top clamp to give the clearance needed, Now the fork tubes are flush with the clamp, It also raises the bars Now to the right hight . Now to the Wheel, the axle, axle nut, spacers, dust cover, bearings, all came to another 135.00 . Well I couldn't handle the extra cost between that and racing to. So the old brain had to go into overdrive, looked at the axle and maid a axle nut, bushings, sleeved , washers, line wheel up looks real good. For the Brake line and the odo cable I used a 5/16 Electrical fastener it has a rubber insert bolted to the fork sliders. ------------------------------------------------------I Wished I Knew this 10 years ago. Now its the KDX It should Be, I am a 3 gear rider and now this thing stays in 4-5 most of the time now it seems the harder you ride the more it wants, like every posts said it Gobbles up trail junck woops those moon craters tracks and turns better and has made me a better rider, still playing with those extra clickers nice to have, the rebound control, MY bike is a 95 model the forks are 94 KX-250 Got the applied top clamp, pro taper bars, bottom KX-clamp, forks, fork sliders, for 200.00 , I jump on them real fast after reading some of the post here and seen it was a big inprovment, Again Thanks for the Help, and I hope my little Input here may help others to. I'm still new to this pc I wish I knew how to post pictures to show my conversion. Any way Hurricane on the way Looks like a washout this weekend, One more thing before I go How much are the old snags and clamps worth to resale any Body interrested. [email protected]

 

[m0rie]

Dixie I sent you an email about the "snags and clamps"

-Maurice

 

[skipro3]

Contact Jeff Fredette at www.frpoffroad.com
He bought all my stuff for a fair price.
Glad to hear you enjoy your new front end. I wish there was a way to make folks understand that this is not a hard mod to perform, but your post goes a long ways to helping others understand that this isn't rocket science. I really enjoy my fork swap and recommend anyone out there looking to revitalize their riding, think about doing this before trading in on a different brand bike.

 

[dixie]

Yes , Skipro3 It was very simple, I just wish I had a pc and on the web sooner to get fine information on doing the conversion, I was considering getting a new Bike a Gas-Gas 200 or 300, But now I'm Keeping up with the big boys. So for now I will save that 6 grand and keep peace with the Wife. I don't see why Kaw could not put the KLX forks on and have Both the Bikes for the same price choose either 2 or 4 stroke. That would be a big inprovement for the KDX and I believe it would increase the sells for KDX line.

 

[canyncarvr]

Good to hear!

I'm still one of those 'waiting in the wings' to get that done. :(

I recall reading (I think?) that the KLX forks aren't what the KX forks are. Don't know about that.......

BTW, I don't think 'registered' posters can post pics. You gotta pay the man to have that option.

Well, on this site anyway. A link to some other page of yours with pics would work.

 

[marksharp]

Any history on the life of the KX fork seals living in the off road world. I've heard that the seals tend to leak far more that the stock ones. I've considered this mod, but it's not too appealing if the maintenance goes way up.

 

[skipro3]

Many aftermarket seals for the KX. I use Race Tech at $25 for the set and no leaks to date. However, they did take a little longer to break in and caused some stiction until they did, making the small bumps feel rough. But now, they are great.

 

[JasonWho]

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[Matt90GT]

cc, I think the KLX forks are not far from '91 - '94 KDX250 forks. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think they are don't have rebound adjustment. I think they are 43mm tubes like '91 - '95 KX Forks. 1996 and newer KX tubes are 46mm. Don't quote me, though. Just plug in the numbers at racetech's page.

That is correct. The KDX250 and KLX forks do NOT have rebound adjustment. Also the base valves are much smaller than the 90-95 KX forks with the same sized 43mm units.

I swapped the KX forks from a 90-95 bike on my KDX250 and it made a WORLD of difference.

 

[dixie]

The old forks are fine for trail speed, I spent lots of money for springs, gold vavle , retuning , and all, and still could not go but a 3 rd gear pace at the hair-scrambles, A little faster at GNNC but the bike would still dance around alittle and get squiley riding over my head. I may still not have the bike set up right with the stock forks. But now with the new KX- swap either me or these new forks have made me faster, crash factor has really increase, Bike is more stable no danceing around, I have DOT 4 brake fluid in but she's still hard to get stop, I'v been uested going so slow maybe a different brand of brake pads I have EBC in right now . The guy I got these forks from won the SEN-A class on a 220 said he needed more motor so he swicth to a KX-250. I got the forks he sold the bike seperate and made a little extra cash. We both weight the same so there was no need to change the set-up I got real lucky there, I have played with the clickers settings and now found the sweet spot. The same exact place he was running 15 compression 13 rebound in the very slow stuff just a little stiff not much over the other forks, but when it opens up a tad it's like a Cadillac 4 and 5 gears a singing . And for the Crashing battling other riders for the First Turn. If you have the extra cash do the fork swap first before you sink money in the stockers , It's made riding more fun and one of the best Mods you can make. It just took me 10 years Better late than never.

 

[JasonWho]

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