what forks to use

[gassergrant]

Hi all im thinking about modernizing the old girl as im starting to find the 45 zokes crap.

ive been looking in to kyb sss or the Honda crf showa . I personally would like some that just bolted straight up but from reading stuff that does not look possible can the original clamps be used with mods etc

what is needed for the kyb and what do I need and from which year

the Honda showa again what's needed and what do I do

what about ktm wp or is it a new bike but the new one are out of my price range at the mo

thanks in advance for info

[Jakobi]

Search BrantMartel for his 47mm Showa Conversion. Believe he may have ran the honda brakes, front wheel, axel, and forks with some machining and mods to the OEM 45mm triple clamps.

KYB is similar approach but use Yamaha triples too. Lots of info in a thread for this.

I wouldn't waste you time with WP. Will have to go through the conversion process and still end up with a so so result. From what I read on the 'other site', some of them are going the Showa route.

[gassergrant]

Cheers mate would the honda yokes fit

[Caravan Monster]

What problems are you having with the 45's ? There might be a solution by working with what's already there instead of starting again from scratch. Also, putting time and money into extensive modification of a 10 + year old bike might be false economy.

[gassergrant]

Yeah man I fiollow ya there that's why I'm trying to see if it's worth doing
Basically I feel every bump and am fighting with the bike, I noticed it after riding a crf and the glided over it all nicely
I am going to have a play with the forks next time I'm out at a enduro practice

[gasmonkey]

A suspension guru should be able to make them work fine.

[djroggen]

I sent my forks to Drew Smith WER in PA and he turned my 45 Zokes into some very good forks. Very good in the rocks and roots still to be desired on an mx track.

[(F5)]

Well I've taken the plunge & bought a set of local '06 YZ250 sss forks, axle & triples. I'm probably going to try mod the triples to get steering rotation stops but we'll see. Biggest thing to do first is machine up a caliper mount as I'm too cheap (out of funds) to buy the braking one.

Thanks for the ideas esp Eric.

[nknudsen]

Originally Posted by (F5)

Well I've taken the plunge & bought a set of local '06 YZ250 sss forks, axle & triples. I'm probably going to try mod the triples to get steering rotation stops but we'll see. Biggest thing to do first is machine up a caliper mount as I'm too cheap (out of funds) to buy the braking one.

Thanks for the ideas esp Eric.

On my 08' SSS forks (different caliper mount than your 06) I used / modified the oe GG caliper mount. One mounting hole lined up and I just welded one mounting hole shut and drilled and tapped a new one. Just get crafty if you need to. I did shim it out from the forks with a couple shim washers to center it on the disc.

[(F5)]

Originally Posted by nknudsen

On my 08' SSS forks (different caliper mount than your 06) I used / modified the oe GG caliper mount. One mounting hole lined up and I just welded one mounting hole shut and drilled and tapped a new one. Just get crafty if you need to.

Cool, yeah I'd read that post during my research. I've done a few brackets for road & roadrace bikes so I'm not that scared of it, but I could do without $80 & shipping added onto the conversion cost. Better spent on bearings for which I'll need steering & smaller ID front wheel by the looks.

I usually dummy up plates in plywood to get the holes aligned & then transpose to allly.