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Hey! New member here and this place is great. A lot of nice bikes! I recently purchased a 2003 KDX200, no mods except for V-Force reeds and skid plate. I am tearing it down and will eventually post before and after pics.

OK, I searched high and low using the search feature, but for the life of me I can't find a post about lower fork guards that fit the OEM forks. I would like to land a set that are just fork guards without the disk protector. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Does it have USD forks or regular?

SVandal wrote:Does it have USD forks or regular?

Forks as they come from Kawasaki, so you tell me! You know, it's got the big black fork boots at the top.

I guess I've never seen fork guards used on RSU forks

(RSU=Right Side Up, Bellows at the top between the lower tree and the "outer" part of the lower fork leg)

Come to think of it, I've never seen bellows used on USD forks

(USD=UpSide Down forks, the front wheel axle pushes the lower fork leg INTO the top section of the fork leg.)

Most bikes these days have USD forks.

I suppose you could zip tie some on.

Some here:

http://www.hyderacing.com/


Sorry...it's mostly a disk protector on the LH side........

Fredette sells em

But they have the disc guard

I never understand what the point is, Fork lowers are as tough as nails

You could probably make some outa pvc pipe

I run the UFO fork gaurd disk protector combo. The seem to do a good job of protecting the fork legs. Like Wibby said the fork lowers are pretty bullet proof, but the guards have saved them from som pretty heavy dings and gashes from rocks. If my riding areas were not so rocky I probably would not run them. They do a good job of protecting the brake disk from stuff thrown up from the trail , but don't offer any real bash protection. I like having them to cover the sensor for my Watchdog computer though.

Thanks guys. Like skythrasher, I ride in really rocky areas in New England and I was just trying get a little protection on the lowers.

This forum is awesome. I am learning a lot of useful stuff. I'll be tearing down the swing arm this week to do some greasin'. I think I've read every post on how to do it.

'Tearing down the swing arm...' will include the rear suspension, I presume?

Might as well get the steering head done while it's in pieces..........

Yup, greasing every bearing I find. Is the steering head easy as well? I would appreciate a link to that post if you know of one.

VirtualVarmint wrote:Yup, greasing every bearing I find. Is the steering head easy as well? I would appreciate a link to that post if you know of one.

Easy enough.

Don't recall an earlier thread with a how-to on that. Don't really need one. Take the front end off (wheel/forks), top stuff (bars, with/without top clamp), take the stem out, clean&repack bearings.

Are you familiar with basic tapered bearing installs? There is a method that works for all of 'em, and it applies to the steering head re-assy. Ask if you don't know. Well, if you wanna.

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Check THIS!

Something interesting to check before you take the clamps/stem apart: With the wheel and forks off, turn the stem from side to side. Do you feel ANY notchiness? That will tell you something is wrong inside..and you won't be able to feel the beginning of that bearing degradation with the weight of the wheel/forks on the bike.

Mine was just a tad notchy, but not too bad

I recall Wibby could feel those WITH the forks and wheel still attached! They kind'a didn't move at all, right? After they got wet on the way home or somesuch?

Yeah. That's on the severe side of 'needing maintenance'.

Yeah they had just a couple rough spots when I bought the bike, not bad though

Drove home 250 miles in a torrential downpour

Next day they were locked up

Had to grind the lower race off

One of these days need to check it again

Hey, put them used bearings on WuBay. I've seen worse listings.

Seriously, Wibby! Was the PO parking in a fertilizer shed in a rain forest or something?? That stem looks like it's taken a stroll across the periodic table.

Hey V V. You've jacked my avatar. I use that same pic in several other forums. That's OK. I lifted the pic from the OP in another forum myself.

barryadam wrote:Hey, put them used bearings on WuBay. I've seen worse listings.

Seriously, Wibby! Was the PO parking in a fertilizer shed in a rain forest or something?? That stem looks like it's taken a stroll across the periodic table.

Hey V V. You've jacked my avatar. I use that same pic in several other forums. That's OK. I lifted the pic from the OP in another forum myself.

I found that doing a google search on varmint! I use it on my Mt Biking forum too.

That stem looks like it's taken a stroll across the periodic table.

That's a good one!


Curious how many people even know what it is.......let alone what to DO with it!

Me? Just the former, I'm afraid. Get into covalences, shell numbers, number of free electrons, who reacts with whom....uh.....no.

PUUULLLEEESE!

What??

He started it!!

Or...you're saying, 'Everyone knows all about it...yur just stoopid!!!'

I guess not everybody... but we had science class where I went to school and there was that big chart on the wall.....