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steering stops were different on the aluminum frames. How do your steering stops line up? What offset clamps are you using?
I plan on using bottoms from a 1996 cr125r (24mm offset) and a rubber mount crf top clamp. The 08 forks are a good choice because they are 7mm shorter than the previous twin chambers.
The bottoms I have are actually 97 don't know if 96 are the same.
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I swapped in the lot, so I could have the rubber bar mounts.
My clamps has the 20mm offset. (for '08 CRF450R 22mm offset is stock)
The steering stops dont line up perfectly, but good enough for me. I have crashed a couple of times without that causing any issues.
You can do the same mod as Goodluckmonkey has done. Pretty clean setup he has pictures of. I will probably do the same mod on my bike.
Do not mix and match triple clamps unless you are 100% sure it will work.
I used a complete front end from a donor bike.
I was referring to the width of the yokes though. You mm at want to have a measure up just incase, as I was considering using my '91 lower with the CRF top yoke, but the crf yoke is wider.
Yeah, it's cool to see that there are in fact a lot of options to get modern suspension for these old bikes.
Thanks for posting your findings and data on the fork swap.
I Guess there are others out there wanting to do this as well.
It has been at least four others on here that has done a similar swap, and they have all been happy with the end result.
Maybe time for a thread covering this topic?
That is a seriously cool build! great idea to build a bike from your past with some modern upgrades but still retain the look and spirit of the original bike.
I raced a 91 CR250 back in the day and it was one of the best bikes I ever had, the motor was so strong. I never liked the white radiator shrouds and graphics on the 91 though, I much preferred the 90 for it's looks. If I decide to do another build I'd like to do a 90 CR250 with upgrades like yours and use it as a race bike for VMX.
Yeah the '90-91 CR250's was awesome machines, and this was for me the best HPP engines Honda made..... I loved and still love the look of these old Honda's
I remember going from the '88 CR250 to the '90 CR250.. Wow, I loved the bike from day 1
'88-96 was the Heyday's riding MX for me, and I had so much fun riding back then..., so much I wanted another go at it
Love to see these old bikes getting used.
And your wife is absolutly right! These bikes have enough power, great handling when set up right and still looks killer !
Thumbs up to you and your wife
Thanks for sharing Sumdood!
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I took my old frame from my racebike (that was stolen in 1991 and recovered last year) and made that into my ride bike.
Sweet feeling to fire her up again after all those years
Please disregard all the mess in the background...
Photos from clean frame to rebuilt:
Probably my favourite bike on here - love the gold rims too.
The bike is a work in progress, so maybe it gets boring for People with me posting pictures that look alomst the same...
But this time the bike got a new frame, and a frame that means a lot to me. As someone wrote here in another post: It's like getting some of my youth back...
The shed is usually not that messy, but with almost three bikes in pieces and a limitid space...it gets crowded..
Some details:
On a side note:
The Peak/Pro Circuit replica has moved out of the shed and into the boys room on the garage loft...
Totally get the point in changing the frame. Now it's truly your bike again.
My 125 has been kept from my youth, and as a result means more to me than some of my other bikes.
In the same way, I'd imagine you have more of a connection with your old 250 than the Peak bike. It has more memories attached to it, and continues to collect them too as it's used.
This is now truly my bike again. I was wondering what to do with this bike after I got it back.... I think this was the best solution for it. As you said: Now it keeps on collecting and making memories for me.
Here it is back in the day:
This can maybe be raced in the Super EVO class... but with the fork I have on it.. I'm not sure
Do you have any good links to the info on the CEMAR races ?
Basically all parts should be from 1990, aftermarket parts that were available to the public in 1990 is ok to use.
Sorry to say but the forks you are using are not allowed in CEMAR :-(
Regards Marco
It was as I thought.
Oh well, I'll probably just race a few local races in the Old Boys class
Are you going there to race?
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