RDickens
New Member
Hello,
I am working on a cafe racer project with my 1980 xt250. I am looking for a different fork setup; I want something with a disk brake and a little lower. I haven't had a chance to pull the current fork off yet, so I don't really know the specs. I have found the bearing specs on other sites and I know the tubes are 35mm. Not sure if anyone else has swapped the forks out on these bikes yet. I figure I can just replace the tubes with something in the same diameter. Is there any issues going this route? Has anyone done this? Is there any other fork that might match the steerer tube diameter that can be modified to fit, or have the XT steerer pressed in to different triple trees?
Thanks for any help.
Randy
I am working on a cafe racer project with my 1980 xt250. I am looking for a different fork setup; I want something with a disk brake and a little lower. I haven't had a chance to pull the current fork off yet, so I don't really know the specs. I have found the bearing specs on other sites and I know the tubes are 35mm. Not sure if anyone else has swapped the forks out on these bikes yet. I figure I can just replace the tubes with something in the same diameter. Is there any issues going this route? Has anyone done this? Is there any other fork that might match the steerer tube diameter that can be modified to fit, or have the XT steerer pressed in to different triple trees?
Thanks for any help.
Randy