1979 CR 250 fork options

[TM BILL]

Thanks blokes thats great  i have a couple of sets of 43mm Yamaha forks so thats probably the go. however as Moto pointed out what triples do i use  can i do as liquer suggest and get some original clamps and get them bored out .
if so anyone got some triples for sale 

[JohnnyO]

You can use the CR480 triples with the '79/'80 steering stem, it fits straight in or use the YZ triples and press the YZ stem out and machine a bush to fit the '79 CR stem.

[motomaniac]

You can use the CR480 triples with the '79/'80 steering stem, it fits straight in or use the YZ triples and press the YZ stem out and machine a bush to fit the '79 CR stem.

Machine a bush sounds good.I wouldn't rist the triples of a prolink.

[Liqueur]

Thanks blokes thats great  i have a couple of sets of 43mm Yamaha forks so thats probably the go. however as Moto pointed out what triples do i use  can i do as liquer suggest and get some original clamps and get them bored out .
if so anyone got some triples for sale 

You wont get away with boring originals out to 43mm, 41 is the maximum you can get away with in the standard yolks.

[Liqueur]

Get a set of 41mm 450 legs, have standard 79 250 yolks bored out to fit, makes a much nicer job and the feel of the front end is better.

37mm bored to 41mm ! you took alot of meat of the clamps there mate.hope that they hold up.

Have done loads of them here in the UK, been doing them for 17 years without a problem.

[TM BILL]

Get a set of 41mm 450 legs, have standard 79 250 yolks bored out to fit, makes a much nicer job and the feel of the front end is better.

37mm bored to 41mm ! you took alot of meat of the clamps there mate.hope that they hold up.

Have done loads of them here in the UK, been doing them for 17 years without a problem.


Paul what do you use to bore them thanks Bill 

[Liqueur]

I have them done on a milling machine with the clamping bolts finger tight.