Fork suggestions

Getting ready to set up a couple of my bikes for next seasons riding. I,m looking for some suggestions on front forks, set up. I'm sure this has been discussed before so forgive me-I'm new. 1st. my riding style, non-aggressive 250lbs, bike rarely gets more than foot or so off of ground. 2nd. Bike is a 82 XC430. I'm parting out my dead 87-430XC and was wondering if those forks would be a upgrade over the 82's? they look like a bolt on changeover. They always seemed to work good for my riding style. My other bike 83-500XC will be a little more aggressive, plan on doing some vintage racing with it if back will hold up. If the 87 forks are better for more aggressive riding I'll put them on the 500. I'll ask about my 82, CR250 and 84-WR500 later! Thanks Scott.

If you plan to use the 500XC in Vintage competition make sure your organization's rules allow that (1987) fork swap. You don't want to waste a lot of effort and money to find out the bike will not pass tech.

87 fork is a bolt over but as said the disc will kill any vintage comp elegibilty. I do bellieve the 81-84 front whell fits with drum as the spacer in the pinch is adjustable. And the speedo drive (or spacer) is same for all those years. Other option is



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Someone here tried them and says they are the bomb on their 500 if I recall.

Joe

I have DLS front brakes on both bikes, 82-430 and 83-500. If the 87 forks were better I was "hoping" to put them in the earlier lower legs? I would like to use the disc brake off of the 87 someday to build a restified 82-WR250. I found in my stuff another set of forks, disc brake mounts on lower leg but are the shorter ones for a WR which will work good for my future build. The Race Tech set up looks very nice but I was wondering if it might be a little overkill for my riding style but do like the adjustability. Thanks for the help. I'm very happy to find this site and the very helpfull people who share common interests. Scott