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Old 08-14-2014, 03:41 AM
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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.
does the caliper still line up with the disk with this process? I was under the impression that the braking adapter also moves the caliper closer to the centre of the axel


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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.
Keep in mind to make / modify (if needed) your axle spacers first to center your wheel then build or modify the caliper mount to match the disc location.
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yeah I have a lathe if I need to knock up some more wheel spacers. I was going to whip the wheel off and dummy up the forks in the triples & see where I'm at. There is a mill at work if I need to make a stepped plate arrangement which is most likely. . . . But it turned a bit cold & windy last night (middle of winter here) and the walk down the stairs didn't seem as appealing as watching TV next to the wife.

Have to also check if the inside front wheel centre spacer will need to be remade with the smaller ID bearings.

I'm also battling the urge to jump right in. I can still ride the bike like it is, but I need to pull the shock out as its leaked oil & the base gaskets were also seeping. Also I'm building a roadrace bike engine & the cylinder will be back soon from a mates machine shop so I'll need to do some more porting & get it welded. All this costs money, so its a matter of timing so I don't have several bikes in pieces & not the money to get them all back together + immovable items with bits hanging off them.
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Cool, thanks for sharing.

My Zokes had already been revalved & were a heap better than std (esp on tree roots) but they still beat me up. On the way home from BermBuster last weekend my mate was driving & I did a few min research on the cellphone & came up with a plan thanks to this forum. hopefully it makes riding more comfortable on the choppy stuff.
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Hey did anyone write down what the steering head bearing dimensions were?

Just want to double check, I mean it is possible that the shaft size & frame size is the same between the GG & YZ, but I'd be bummed if I ordered the bearings & they were different between some model years or whatnot.
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Hey did anyone write down what the steering head bearing dimensions were?

Just want to double check, I mean it is possible that the shaft size & frame size is the same between the GG & YZ, but I'd be bummed if I ordered the bearings & they were different between some model years or whatnot.
I didn't write it down, but the upper bearing is the same as the OEM triple clamps. The lower bearing has a bigger id. Mine are 2010 triples from a yz250f.
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Sweet that gives me a starting point. I have the shaft of the YZ so I can measure that & order when the time comes. Thanks
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Hey did anyone write down what the steering head bearing dimensions were?

Just want to double check, I mean it is possible that the shaft size & frame size is the same between the GG & YZ, but I'd be bummed if I ordered the bearings & they were different between some model years or whatnot.
For my bike that had conventional forks, I used the All Balls YZ250F part # 22-1001 steering stem bearing and race kit. I then had fresh bearings top and bottom. This link shows the bearing sizes for many bikes. http://www.allballsracing.com/index.php/forkconversion
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Old 08-15-2014, 10:06 AM
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Are there any issues with using 2011/12 kyb forks with 2007 yz triples? any changes to the offsets between those years? I see the caliper changed so it will be a different braking adapter to the 2007 fork
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