forks

[Ian Francisco]

I'm pretty sure the newer forks have less travel, about two inches less if I'm not mistaken. I wouldn't do it even it bolts up easily. I like the idea of more travel and if your older forks and brakes are already upgraded I don't see that there's much to gain. For a lot of trouble adapting the newer forks to an older bike all you might end up with is a bike with unbalanced suspension front to rear. -- Ian Francisco http://www.scarletfuries.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Scarlet-Furies/121218125931 New KLR forks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/message/207687;_ylc=X3oDMTJyNGM0Z3NrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzQ4ODM4NQRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUxMjYyNjIEbXNnSWQDMjA3Njg3BHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzEzNTQxMDMxNzc-> Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:44 am (PST) . Posted by: "Ron Criswell" roncriswell@... Sent from my iPad My KLR is a '99 with Progressive springs on the forks and a large MAP aftermarket rotor. I friend just bought a trashed out '09 where someone did the doohickey but did it wrong and the engine destroyed itself due to a misplaced washer. Expensive mistake. Anyway, he is offering the forks, brakes and rotors to me. We will have to make a bracket for the brakes I think but no big deal as he has already done this putting V-Strom brakes on his KLR. Sound like a good idea to y'all? Are the forks on the newer KLR's better than old forks with Progressive springs? Criswell [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]