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I have some VMX parts questions, though..
I raced the same bike in 1979 and put on Fox Air Shox immediately. These bikes needed new shocks off the dealer's showroom floor so looking for new shocks asap, but not thinking off trying to fix up an old pair of leaky Fox Air Shox. Who makes the best new spring shock these days now that Works Performance went out of business recently... Is it Olins, YSS, or Noleen? The Progressive suspension shocks looked a little cheap.
Who makes the best quality replica fenders; Maier, VMX, or DC?
Anyone make a fork internal cartridge upgrade for the stock forks? Simons forks would be nice, but I hear that the OEM 1983 CR480 forks make a nice swap in upgrade?
Thanks,
mike
Like FTE mentioned, with a bushing fabricated, the 1987 upper legs and cartridge internals can be fitted into a set of 1983 lower legs which mate up to the drum brake with no modifications. By now, Race Tech should be up on that mod.
DC plastics are dull and grainy, VMX glossy and slick. DC has plenty of other stuff on their site to rummage through though! Great group to work with for custom stuff too. Good stock and fast shipping.
The Shop
I did a lot of research last night to understand the 1986 CR 250/ 1987 CR125 cartridge forks with the 1983 CR480 lowers to use the drum brakes. The question I have is whether the 1983 43mm fork lowers use a different axle diameter than the 1979 front axle which would cause me to have to change to a later model wheel hub?
Anyone know which piggy back shocks work on the 1979 CR250 without hitting the silencer?
Any experience with the YSS shocks?.. their US HQs is located just 30 min for me and I read that it is the shock of choice for the top European vintage racers.
I think you'll want to look for an 80 silencer, or something with the same dimensions from the pipe to silencer body, if you are running piggy backs. The HollyEquipment guys have aluminum 78-79 and a different one for the 1980 to accommodate the piggyback reservoir.
Personally on 79's I like to keep the shocks non-piggy back and the short silencer set up. It just looks "right". Plus for 15min races... They ain't gonna be fading. We'll be using Race-Techs for our own builds from now on. (Both non-piggy and piggy back).
if you have any questions about the Rockets, IG or FB me and I'll help where ever I can.
Stevie
I have a set of fully rebuilt Fox Air Shocks in near mint condition. Zero use after all new seals, oil, decals. They are near mint/new. I have $1200 into them. You can have them for that. Text me at (608) 556-5877 and I will send you pics if you are interested. Also have a new KLP swingarm w/bearings, new DG pipe & silencer, etc for the 78-80 CR250
Are you selling the swing arm. I would be interested
PK
Pit Row
The rear shocks will absolutely go as I have no nostalgia for that junk that Honda just used to hold up the back of the bike in the showroom.. They were non functional and I remember the day I bought my first 79CR250 in 1979.. I went straight rom the dealer to the track to ride the last 30 min before the track closed just so excited to test the bike. I was till in jeans and work boots and I blew the rear shocks in the first 3 laps.. oil all over the swing arm. I bought a new pair of Fox Air shocks the next day. Aside from that, I can fix all the less serious flaws to ride a few Vintage MX races at Unadilla and Southwick.. the swing arm and forks both flex like a wet noodle, and the forks, while better than the rear shocks, were way too soft and no stiffer option springs for those forks, so people have no choice but to add air to help the wimpy springs. The motor and rest of the chassis were spot on for the day, though.
So I am now deciding between the a few simple mods like the rear shocks and a few other items (HRC replica parts from PDE) that can easily be reversed back to stock while making it look like the 1977 RC500 below, or seriously fixing the flaws of the swing arm and suspension and doing some more serious VMX.
Stevie, the RC500 in the pic above has piggy back reservoirs on the rear shocks, that was where I was coming from.
mike
On the VMX Racing plastic, on their site it says the red of their plastic is different from the Tahitian red Honda used and they sell both the Tahitian red paint as well as another red paint to match their red plastic.
Now that I know that, I am thinking of sending the original fenders to a plastic restoration shop since they only have a few light scratches and minor fading.
mike
mike
Is that your RC500, I vaguely recall that you had 2 RC bikes? She is a beauty. Which rider's bike was it or is done from parts? Any more pics of that beauty?
Thanks but you and I are looking for the same arm, and I was hoping that was what he had. Sounds like we are doing the same type of build which is like what swatdoc built.
Pk
I have one of Karl's RC replica swingarms on my 250 as well (actually have three of them). They look really nice.
Here's a post I did a while back with a little more info on the fork setup:
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Old-School-Moto,22/New-Old-Forks-by-Phil…
What pipe and silencer is that? Where did you get the RC decal?? Do you have a pic of the other side of the bike?
mike
Karl should hopefully be back up and running soon, based on some posts I've read
mike
Post a reply to: Very Nice 1979 CR 250 in For Sale/Bazaar section.