bent fork
Posted: 12:47 am Dec 12 2010
Anyone ever bend a fork I did today I went from 15mph to zero in about a half second the rubber mounts saved me from breaking my wrists the bars were about 5 inches sideways. brutal
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Posted: 12:48 am Dec 12 2010
Wow... what did you hit?
Posted: 12:51 am Dec 12 2010
I hit a big ole rock with the underhang bent em back about a 1/4 inch time for a conversion.
Posted: 01:03 am Dec 12 2010
Yup! Allot of people say they never have a problem with it until they do! 
The turning point for me was I hit a berm on the highside and it dumped be in the middle hard. That hurt!
The turning point for me was I hit a berm on the highside and it dumped be in the middle hard. That hurt!
Posted: 01:08 am Dec 12 2010
kinda bummed I dont want wider triple clamps on there.
Posted: 01:10 am Dec 12 2010
How come?
Posted: 01:14 am Dec 12 2010
like the tight turning radius we like very tight trails
Posted: 01:15 am Dec 12 2010
Mine is just about as tight... the forks do touch my tank.
Posted: 01:27 am Dec 12 2010
but not the frame?
Posted: 01:28 am Dec 12 2010
Nope... Except for the stop.
Posted: 01:31 am Dec 12 2010
hmm that gives mor options then did find some rsu off a 98 rm complete for a good deal like 200 rebuilt i might do that 49s should be hard to bend
Posted: 09:41 am Dec 12 2010
Inda has 48mm, mabe that is why they touch the tank? Do the 46mm give you a little more room?
Posted: 01:56 pm Dec 12 2010
My 46's hit the tank too...rbates9 wrote:Inda has 48mm, mabe that is why they touch the tank? Do the 46mm give you a little more room?
Posted: 02:56 pm Dec 12 2010
I just put my 46's on and they miss the tank by about 1/8". Mabe the different year combinations are just a little bit different. Mine is a 2000 kdx with 2000 kx 250 forks.
Posted: 10:01 pm Dec 12 2010
good info keep it coming 
Posted: 07:38 am Dec 13 2010
Heck, the 43's i put on mine hit the tank until I extended the steering stop. I notice no reduction in turning radius, although there may be some. I didn't exactly go about checking it before and after in any scientific way.
Posted: 04:28 pm Dec 13 2010
My 46's do, or should I say did hit the clutch cable guide on the right radiator the first time I turned it all the way to the right. Another variable may be that the tank might not be exactly in the same spot on every bike.