Everything else is pretty much stock except I removed the bleed stack and shimmed the 20x1.60 up about 1mm (it's sposed to allow the fork to sit and plant a bit better)
I also drilled the free piston
Midvalve is stock
Posted: 02:14 am Feb 23 2011
by TWMOODY
Understandable why they removed so many 32's.
Those are some stiff bastages stock that's for sure.
Posted: 12:04 pm Feb 23 2011
by Mr. Wibbens
I lucked out on the springs
I had .46's on my old forks and stock for the KX is .47's
Posted: 02:21 pm Feb 23 2011
by TWMOODY
I put new springs in the kx450 but would have to look to see what I put in it.
The stockers were to light
Posted: 02:37 pm Feb 23 2011
by Mr. Wibbens
TWMOODY wrote:I put new springs in the kx450 but would have to look to see what I put in it.
The stockers were to light
According to the calculater, On the 450 the stockers are ok for about a 170 lb rider
According to my sag numbers on the KDX they are perfect for me at 290
Posted: 05:32 pm May 04 2011
by heckler
so, was it worth it? I expect you've been out without snow now...
Posted: 05:42 pm May 04 2011
by Mr. Wibbens
They are pretty sweet
Where with the old forks I could expect to eat **** over the bars on certain types of terrain, now I just roll right over it like it's not even there
Posted: 05:43 pm May 04 2011
by Mr. Wibbens
Looking back at it I think I was better off having problems
Now I know these twin chamber forks inside and out
Posted: 10:17 pm May 24 2011
by heckler
so, how much was too cheap for these forks wibbs? (I'm trying to avoid the same mistake of buying a moneypit)
Posted: 11:05 pm May 24 2011
by Mr. Wibbens
100 bucks
Posted: 11:31 pm May 24 2011
by heckler
yeah, that's cheap. Thanks.
Posted: 05:06 pm May 25 2011
by heckler
did you need a new capliper because of fit problems, or other reasons? I'm hoping I don't need a new caliper on an 06 KX450 fork.
Posted: 05:13 pm May 25 2011
by Mr. Wibbens
E series caliper is different from an H
Posted: 07:00 pm May 25 2011
by Julien D
Mr. Wibbens wrote:E series caliper is different from an H
Almost. 89-92 caliper is different. 93/94 use the same dual piston nissin caliper as the H bikes.
Posted: 03:10 pm May 26 2011
by heckler
Mr. Wibbens wrote:Well the original owner removed 7 of the 32's
Everything else is pretty much stock except I removed the bleed stack and shimmed the 20x1.60 up about 1mm (it's sposed to allow the fork to sit and plant a bit better)
I also drilled the free piston
Midvalve is stock
Well, I'm jumping into the game. 2006 KX450 front end on it's way. Apologies to whoever I sniped on ebay.
Got any recommended links for details on how to make this fork better for 270 lbs riding in the rooty, rocky forest? I'm hoping to do the work myself in the basement.
Here's a interesting thing. I was out yesterday and the forks were kinda beating the hell outa me. So I went out 2 0r 3 clicks on the compression, thinking that would help it
This was the result
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So I put them back to where they were, then 3 more clicks in
MUCH IMPROVED!
Bike tracked a lot better, and actually rode much smoother
