kyle01
Husqvarna
AA Class
Not sure if there’s been any action on this since the whole thread/argument posted a while back but I figured I would post my intentions...
Have the bike on a stand to check valves (over 15k on it- it’s time) noted slop in the steering bearings... yay me! Top of the list of things I CANNOT STAND about the Terra is the front fork. I’ve found better forks on Chinese pit bikes Well, not quite... but it’s the worst I own by a wide margin. So off it comes, in the bin. Ebay provided me with a Kayaba off of a 2002 YZ426... along with the front wheel, caliper, axle. All arrived last week while I was gone on business. Before I left I removed the triple and machined the lower 1mm larger. Well I didn’t, but the machinist at work did.
Next week I’m hoping to pop new seals into the fork and some fresh oil. Leaving the travel as is (50mm too much)
as I’m curious about raising the front of the bike slightly anyhow... leaving the stock springs in the new fork. I’ve got room under my bars to slide the tubes up a bit, I’m shooting for 25mm.
The axle I got with it is missing the nut so I’ve gotta find one of those. No big deal. I’ll machine spacers to CENTER the wheel cause if it’s not dead nuts it’ll drive me crazy. That’s going to necessitate making modificatioms to either the Yamaha caliper (possibility) or I’ll end up making an adapter to use the factory parts.. OR (best of both worlds) I’ll put the husky disk onto the Yamaha hub and go with the (arguably, I get it) better front braking setup, but getting rid of the husky front wheel (JUNK) and losing 5lbs in the process.
There’s a fresh set of Mitas E-07’s to go on once it’s all set to go... undecided as to how I’ll set the sag right off the bat and that may just be a trial and error type scenario. Should be fairly straightforward work and I know it’s been covered before in the past- but in case I stumble onto something interesting to share I’ve started this as a way to arrange my random thoughts. And I’m bored sitting on a flight home from a 10 day work trip to South Florida so I’ve got a case of “fork swap fever”
Have the bike on a stand to check valves (over 15k on it- it’s time) noted slop in the steering bearings... yay me! Top of the list of things I CANNOT STAND about the Terra is the front fork. I’ve found better forks on Chinese pit bikes Well, not quite... but it’s the worst I own by a wide margin. So off it comes, in the bin. Ebay provided me with a Kayaba off of a 2002 YZ426... along with the front wheel, caliper, axle. All arrived last week while I was gone on business. Before I left I removed the triple and machined the lower 1mm larger. Well I didn’t, but the machinist at work did.
Next week I’m hoping to pop new seals into the fork and some fresh oil. Leaving the travel as is (50mm too much)
as I’m curious about raising the front of the bike slightly anyhow... leaving the stock springs in the new fork. I’ve got room under my bars to slide the tubes up a bit, I’m shooting for 25mm.
The axle I got with it is missing the nut so I’ve gotta find one of those. No big deal. I’ll machine spacers to CENTER the wheel cause if it’s not dead nuts it’ll drive me crazy. That’s going to necessitate making modificatioms to either the Yamaha caliper (possibility) or I’ll end up making an adapter to use the factory parts.. OR (best of both worlds) I’ll put the husky disk onto the Yamaha hub and go with the (arguably, I get it) better front braking setup, but getting rid of the husky front wheel (JUNK) and losing 5lbs in the process.
There’s a fresh set of Mitas E-07’s to go on once it’s all set to go... undecided as to how I’ll set the sag right off the bat and that may just be a trial and error type scenario. Should be fairly straightforward work and I know it’s been covered before in the past- but in case I stumble onto something interesting to share I’ve started this as a way to arrange my random thoughts. And I’m bored sitting on a flight home from a 10 day work trip to South Florida so I’ve got a case of “fork swap fever”