• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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CR forks on a TE?

racemx904

racemx904

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Can I put my 02' CR 125 forks on my 04' TE250?

I know physically they fit...my CR forks are 1.25 inches longer and better sprung...

will it hurt anything? I read I need to lower them but why?
 
You can but there is some work involved. You need to run the Honda Complete front end: Front Wheel, axle, brake system, and triple clamp of course. You may want to take a measurement from your Honda's frame down to the bottom of the tire. Then measure your Husky's. I think there is a little work on the Honda's triple clamp stem too. Someone on here has done it and Glenn Kearney ran them in 2008 or so.
 
Do they fit in the '04 triple clamps? If they do, you've got it easy.

You can slide the forks way up in the clamps or shorten them. I found with the SHOWA I liked them better shortened one inch.

If you don't adjust for the extra Lent you'll has steering issues. Your bike won't want to turn.

You can use the stock Honda axle with spacers that go into the bearing to allow the use of the Husky wheel, assuming that the '04 wheel is the same as newer ones.

You'll have to use a Honda caliper with a after market hanger to compensate for the disk diameter.

If someone would really want to put a CR front end on their Husky I have the complete set up with SHOWA TC forks, 20mm or 24mm offset clamps, axle, spacers and brakes. Money talks, so I might be able to be talked out of them.

This is a WAY better set up than the Zooks.
 
To answer your question, regardless of the in and outs of fitting them
As motorhead says: the bike won't want to turn, as you tip
It into a corner it will feel like it wants to go straight or the front will push
out away from the turn. That's why you need to lower them probably
by the inch and half difference in length. Forks that are too low will make the
Bike turn quicker but will be 'twitchy' or unstable on the straight.
 
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