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Suzuki / RL250 forks - are they 35mm or 1.3/8inch ?
« on: January 18, 2024, 05:51:49 AM »
Hello,
This is probably a silly question, but maybe not.
I have an RL250 Beamish with what I thought were 35mm stanchions that need replacing or refurbiing.
I also have some other 35mm forks from a few different Japanese & Spanish bikes and was hoping to be able to do some mixing of parts and use the leading axle RL sliders with some of the stanchions from one of these other fork sets.
It all looks feasible except for one problem - the RL fork stanchions measure 34.93mm, all the other stanchions measure between 35.00-35.10mm and won't fit into the sliders ( too small )
34.93mm = 1.3/8 inch ( if not exactly, at least closer to the imperial size than 35mm)
I have seen a pair of early TS250 forks advertised on eBay Germany as 1.3/8 dia
Is it possible they were actually made to an imperial size , or is it more likely to be another explanation ?
This is probably a silly question, but maybe not.
I have an RL250 Beamish with what I thought were 35mm stanchions that need replacing or refurbiing.
I also have some other 35mm forks from a few different Japanese & Spanish bikes and was hoping to be able to do some mixing of parts and use the leading axle RL sliders with some of the stanchions from one of these other fork sets.
It all looks feasible except for one problem - the RL fork stanchions measure 34.93mm, all the other stanchions measure between 35.00-35.10mm and won't fit into the sliders ( too small )
34.93mm = 1.3/8 inch ( if not exactly, at least closer to the imperial size than 35mm)
I have seen a pair of early TS250 forks advertised on eBay Germany as 1.3/8 dia
Is it possible they were actually made to an imperial size , or is it more likely to be another explanation ?