HI Team,
Your thoughts on this retrofit??
Compatibility and fitout?
Byte
KX250 97 forks / front end for KDX220 97
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They'll fit, if that's the question.
Fewer questions and less hassle getting all the parts you will need from the same bike..like front wheel (with rotor), axle, and spacers.
The '97 forks aren't as large as later years, less liklihood of having to address a tank slapping problem with either a fork stop modification or putting a dent in your tank with a heat gun.........
Fewer questions and less hassle getting all the parts you will need from the same bike..like front wheel (with rotor), axle, and spacers.
The '97 forks aren't as large as later years, less liklihood of having to address a tank slapping problem with either a fork stop modification or putting a dent in your tank with a heat gun.........
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..in which case...newer is most often better.
Except for the instances where fork designers were too high on drugs to know what the hell they were doing (and 'invented' things like dual chamber and bladder forks).
From HERE!
..a page about '07 Kawasaki's...although it doesn't say this particular bike..a KX250... is an '07. Maybe it's an '06:
**I know nothing about bladder forks except for what I've read about 'em...and that ain't good. If you put your bike s'upside down (like Inda does to take out his base valves), proceed to actually TAKE the things out..and 'ya get drenched with oil spew...
...you got bladders!
Except for the instances where fork designers were too high on drugs to know what the hell they were doing (and 'invented' things like dual chamber and bladder forks).
From HERE!
..a page about '07 Kawasaki's...although it doesn't say this particular bike..a KX250... is an '07. Maybe it's an '06:
Bladders can be defeated/removed/gotten rid of....Improved Front Fork
New 48mm Kayaba bladder forks feature check valves on the bladders to control internal pressure and improve damping and fork action throughout the stroke.
**I know nothing about bladder forks except for what I've read about 'em...and that ain't good. If you put your bike s'upside down (like Inda does to take out his base valves), proceed to actually TAKE the things out..and 'ya get drenched with oil spew...
...you got bladders!
Consider the source
Using a perceived level of knowledge to boost my self worth.
Non impediti ratione cogitationis
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