Making forks from the mid 80's work better

Race Tech Emulators if you don't want to go through a big swap project. The 89 KX250 forks were very good.

queen of spodes wrote:

I'm looking at picking up a 1987 KX250 which I'd use for vintage/mxgp racing. What was the hot setup for 87 KX conventional forks? I can't remember when Kawasaki went to cartridge style forks or if that is an option. If I could get some decent 89 46mm's I'd be set. I also have some 91 USD forks.

Or, would it be better to just revalve the stock conventionals?

I race/ride a 86 KX250 frequently... After a lot of testing, try 18oz of Mobil 1 5W20 Full Synthetic Motor oil in each leg... I think you will be very happy with the fork performance!

Good article about improving the '87 KX forks.

Not really useful, because of the impossibility to find such a kit nowadays(I think).

Anyways:

88' KX forks were cartridge. They should slide right into the stock 87' triple clamps. Not sure if the wheel or axle changed in 88' or 89' though.