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Front End Forks Swap YZ

Broke down and sourced almost everything locally. Waiting for the bars, raisers, bearings, and spacers. I wrote allballs to see if they could make a spacer with the extra 3/8th inch added to the nonrotor side. Debating on the rotor size, if all else fails moto-master will solve the brake issues and then some.
 
GrumpyShamurai said:
Broke down and sourced almost everything locally. Waiting for the bars, raisers, bearings, and spacers. I wrote allballs to see if they could make a spacer with the extra 3/8th inch added to the nonrotor side. Debating on the rotor size, if all else fails moto-master will solve the brake issues and then some.
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Great! Glad you are going to upgrade your bike to the YZ front end. I love my bike since installing them, and I have put on 3500 trouble free miles. You will be very happy with the results I'm sure. Everyone else that put negative input on this forum can kiss my butt(you know who you are).
 
Shawn Johnson said:
Great! Glad you are going to upgrade your bike to the YZ front end. I love my bike since installing them, and I have put on 3500 trouble free miles. You will be very happy with the results I'm sure. Everyone else that put negative input on this forum can kiss my butt(you know who you are).
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Lol i love how new you are to the forum thing. Ive read this full thread about 7-8 times. I was inpatient and put the forks on. Ive read one user did not add the extra spacer, just pulled the axle 3/8" into the fork. Not sure how i feel about that idea. I think i will just have a custom spacer made, i dont like the idea of 2 spacers on one side. Has anyone had a custom cable made to use the brembo booster yet? Figure there is no reason to change it out. Like i said before if its not enough brake, moto-master will solve all the braking issues, spendy but ill be able to flip the bike with one finger. Appreciate the time you put into this mod. Was basiclly a bolt on upishgrade. Need to have the forks rebuild/worked to my weight. 50mm of travel needs to be removed correct?
 
Clete said:
Roughly what does it cost to do the swap?
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Um i sourced everything local so i pay a bit extra for it.

forks $150
wheel $100
Axle + spacers $15
New bearings $18(i think)
bar raiser - $60ish
New fat bars $60ish
oversized rotor & caliper adapter $130(they say the stock size is good but my wheel didnt come with a disc so if im going to spend the money anyways i might as well go oversized)
Custom SS cable to maintain brembo booster, $?? (Have not ordered yet. Need to get some measurements and send them on over to spiegler usa, I will let them know to keep the measurements on file cause im sure SOMEONE from here will be ordering one.)

Am i missing anything?

Its roughly a $300-400 mod if you are patient and source cheap used parts. I wanted it all NOW so i found postings on ebay that were local to me. No love on the prices though.

Im going to say the real cost is going to come with the rebuild/rework.
 
Thanks Grumpy! Why new bar risers, and bars? To clear the top of fork protruding through the upper triple clamp?
 
Clete said:
Thanks Grumpy! Why new bar risers, and bars? To clear the top of fork protruding through the upper triple clamp?
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Exactly! You dont NEED new bars, just the riser. But i have been meaning to upgrade to fat bars for a while and it was an excuse to get them :P
 
The YZ forks are designed to only clamp to the top 40 mm of the forks, clamping them at the thinnest section of the upper fork below that is not recommended and is a clear indication the forks have not had the length and travel shortened to suit the Terra
 
WayneC said:
The YZ forks are designed to only clamp to the top 40 mm of the forks, clamping them at the thinnest section of the upper fork below that is not recommended and is a clear indication the forks have not had the length and travel shortened to suit the Terra
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I plan on riding with it like that for a week or two until i get it dropped off for the suspension work. Thank you for that information though! News to me.
 
I used a spiegler front brake cable. I will have to check the length. It was for a beta, I can't remember which bike. I used our stock front master cylinder, just use the stock banjo bolt with the supplied crush washers.
 
Baddrapp said:
I used a spiegler front brake cable. I will have to check the length. It was for a beta, I can't remember which bike. I used our stock front master cylinder, just use the stock banjo bolt with the supplied crush washers.
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Perfect! I called spiegler, have not had a chance to get out and measure anything. But if you could get me the number for the item you ordered, you would sure make life easier. :D Thanks in advance!
 
Incase anyone was wondering. The updated style nissin caliper off the newer hondas is a direct replacement to the one originally on the YZ, you just have to use the YZ hanger. The one that came with my setup needed to be rebuilt and it was $10 less to rebuild it then i found the updated style new for. I guess it is lighter then the older style but did not weigh them for comparison.


New style on the left
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Ok, I just did this swap. It seems to me my axle is short. I have to push it into the axle hole on the fork to thread the nut. It's about 23.5 cm . It's from a yz 426 fork, I bought the whole fork.
Can someone check ? The stock tr650 one is 26.5 .
 
Masterpotter said:
Ok, I just did this swap. It seems to me my axle is short. I have to push it into the axle hole on the fork to thread the nut. It's about 23.5 cm . It's from a yz 426 fork, I bought the whole fork.
Can someone check ? The stock tr650 one is 26.5 .
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The axle is 'short', you can add a 3/8" spacer(i think)to the right side, to have the axle sit all the way in the right fork. I have not done this yet as i am still trying to find a good way to cut one of my extra spacers down.
 
Not with the axle I have. If I push the axle in so it is flush with the right side fork, the axle is not sticking out the left side enough to thread the nut.
The cut spacer is only to fill the space on the right side between the wheel and the fork. If I added the spacer my axle would be ever shorter on the nut side.
On the YZ forks that I have the fork tubes are about 3/8" closer together than the TR (center to center) . This is why we need an "extra" spacer.
If you have everything to do the swap could you please measure your axle and post , Thanks

On another note, I used the stock brake line and stock master cylinder and just ran it down from the top just like stock. Seems to work fine.
 
The original modder stated with a 3/8th" spacer there was just enough room to thread the nut on. I am in the middle of the swap myself. I did not add the extra spacer as i am going to just get an axle made with the extra 3/8th" added to the right side down the road. I used the stock brake line but did the 2" riser so it was TIGHT. Ended up getting a new line made locally that ended up being a few inches too long but will work. You may have gotten the wrong wheel spacers. I got the front end from a guy on ebay who SWEARS the spacers came off a yz426 but did not match any pictures i had OR the actual spacers i bought from allballs.
 
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