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I understand, these are 96. I know now and thank you for helping. I will order them.

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That's not to say that Honda didn't make alternative rates for those years as an option. Kawasaki made alternative rates for the KDX... but I have yet to ever see them.

E series spring rate was .28 and H series was .35 and that's why the H series springs are a good replacement for E series forks as long as you are under 175 lbs. but I still feel that is a little light. I think most guys were just looking to increase the spring rate on the cheap and that's why it was a popular swap. The XR springs are going to be your best bet though....
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Hi Inda, I am going to get the xr 400 .38 spring and change my oil wt to 7.5. again i am 160lb in full load. do I still need to do other changes to my stock 06' KDX fork? such as removing the shim stacks or preload spacer?

i am also a bit moved to changing the whole front end to kx setup after reading all the threads. any modifition needed if getting the kx500(is it a direct swap?Which year?) or any other recommendation?

what would you go for from your point of view? mod the stocker or change the front end? thanks for any advises.
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Post by Colorado Mike »

He changed his forks. The advantages are:

it gives you something to do.
you get rebound adjustment.
you get stiffer fork legs.
you lose the under-hang that grabs the sides of deep ruts or rocks and puts you on your head.
you can jump your bike on an MX track and have better survival odds.
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Don't forget it looks cool too~ :cool:
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