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sandman768
3/29/2015 7:08am
3/29/2015 7:08am
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as title states, paypal or cash if close enough for pickup. Upstate NY. need complete triples,forks,wheel, brakes axles ect. can be 125 or 250, thanks
Don't know if you're set on using the '84 front end, but with a set of '82 RM500 or 83 RM250/500 clamps, the entire front end from an '82/83 Honda CR480 or '83 CR250 bolts right up. INFINITELY easier to find these plus the brake (particularly if you score the 480 front end) is worlds better than the pee-wee '84 RM DLS.
I had to search for almost a year to find my '84 RM125 front end to put on my '81 RM125 and the brake wasn't any better than the stock brake on my '81. I did get 43mm forks but that was about it.
The last photo, is that a crack in the rim?
Would be a bit of a shame to dismantle the 480. it looks pretty decent.
The Shop
The place to ask would be FullFloater.com. IIRC we bolted up the entire '84 front end (including clamps) to my '81. I don't know if the '84 triples would work with the '82 RM465 front end you've got on the CR480.
Yes, I agree with NotMe, someone already swiped the front off the CR480, probably to get the DLS brakes. I wouldn't dismantle it either, the '82 and especially, '83 are highly prized post-vintage Open bikes. Heck sell it as a project to someone and use the funds to more than finance whatever you end up doing with your RM. You should be able to sell it easily on Mark's Vintage Swapmeet.
I still have my '82 RM250. I have the '83 43mm RM250 triples and have an entire '83 YZ490 front that I will be putting on (1983 was the last year before Yamaha went to the Z-spoke disaster). I'm pretty sure I'll have to mod the front axle or have one made, but I got the entire thing for $200 -- WAY less than the '84 RM front ends go for.
Yamaha was an early adopter for 43m forks, they started running them in '82 on the 250/490 which IIRC was before anyone else, at least on 250s. Yamaha's DLS brakes are also pretty ubiquitous, they must have run them for several years before anyone.
All this means Yamaha front ends in general are cheaper and easier to find. They even angled the Shraeder valve so you can get easier access to bleed the forks, a pretty sweet detail. I scored a complete '83 490 front end for $200 on Mark's Vintage Swapmeet about 6 months back.
The only issue is axle length. It's easy enough to have one made, or the existing Yamaha axle modded to work with the 43mm RM clamps. For me it was a good trade -- I looked at Showa front ends and was disappointed in the prices as you also have found.
I imagine that '82 looking like a mini with a 6'5" giant riding it around the track! You also used Emulators and had custom springs IIRC correctly. Did you get a JEMCO pipe?
PM me what you think you want for the cr480 as I may be interested. We may be able to work something out as I also have a full 98 RM 250 front end if you wwanted to go to disk brakes and still keep the conconventional fork look.
I haven't sold anything lately but the NOS CR tank to Jim. I still could stand to liquidate some stuff and free up some space. I might sell the 07 at some point. I've made my 05 CR the main rider, and was planning to restore the 07 to showroom stock, which will be a pretty easy job.
Pit Row
Glad to hear you're still enjoying it! I will never sell mine, but I did sell the Simons UDX-60s recently.
> I might sell the 07 at some point.
I'd most definitely be interested -- I'll send you my contact info via FB; if anything changes we be in touch. I REALLY want to get an '07.
(Apologies for the thred hijack guys!)
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