Just bought a 2017 Kx 450f and not so sure about the airfork. Have a chance to buy a used spring conversion and just wanted to see if anybody has tried this ? Anybody have any opinions or suggestions on the conversion ?
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Showa Airfork to Spring conversion.
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i have the FC spring conversion on my 17 kx450 and its pretty good i didnt think the air fok was bad i just didnt want to dick with it i want to pull my bike out and ride
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I was about ready to start a thread about air to spring conversion also. Im curious about opinions also. I know one poster here didnt like the weight of the spring on one side of the fork. He said it handled weird. I'm open to other opinions too.
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Had the race tech kit on my 16. Loved it, easy to install and set up. Front end feel was a lot better with the spring as well.
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I've done a few. Clean kit, and very easy to install. I still feel air can work though. Depending on your weight. But some riders don't want to mess with the three chambers. Just get the valving right, and a spring swap is a better option than swapping forks imo.
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I had TBT in Az do my tac to sff conversion. They use oem Showa parts. These forks are great!! I did tune them a little (a few clicker adjustments and added oil ) but after that, wow!
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Does anyone know what it would take to make your own air to spring conversion parts for the TAC?
I assume you can just buy the KX250F spring cartridge, spring, fork cap, etc and bolt that right into the KX450F TAC leg?
It looks like I can get those OEM parts for like $300, and would just do the conversion myself, but I'd like to make sure there isn't any machining or something that I'm overlooking.
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I just bought a used one off ebay with spring shipped to me for $ 410.00. Enzo will do the install with $ 80.00 bucks so for $ 490.00 I'm hoping it's worth it. I have had my 2017 for a month and could not believe this was such a great idea messing with 3 chambers to make one fork correct.
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