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46/47mm forks?
« on: June 15, 2009, 09:57:29 pm »
is there any bike out there that has 46 or 47mm forks?
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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 10:26:15 pm »
in conventionals
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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2009, 10:33:09 pm »
doesnt really matter i guess, i just need a top triple clamp that size so im perhaps thinking upside down forks off a 80/100cc MX bike? any ideas? I doubt theres a bike with converntional forks 46 or 47mm diameter or is there?
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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2009, 06:59:27 am »
The 1989 RM 125 had 46mm conventional forks mate.

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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2009, 08:52:19 am »
thanks i think that will do, just gotta get one of those and get it bored out to about 47mm then
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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2009, 06:53:35 pm »
Mid '90's KTM's had something that size as well...Marzochii Magnums I think.

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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2009, 07:12:06 pm »
thanks, i will start looking on ebay for some clamps around that size. were the marzocchis convential or USD?
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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 08:37:02 pm »
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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2009, 03:40:05 pm »
89 kx's US MODELS -46
LATE 90'S RM's -46
Marzochii magmuns -50
XR650's somelater models - 46
all conventional.

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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2009, 04:52:33 pm »
ok thanks for that info. So did the late 90's RM's go back to conventionals? was it 125 or 250?

im still looking for a 46/47 and 50mm triples clamp - any condition considered.
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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2009, 07:48:01 pm »
Yes the RM's went back to conventionals for a few years.

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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2009, 07:48:50 pm »
So did KTM's

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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2009, 09:06:09 pm »
Late 90's RM125 and 250 had conventionals. They were big forks, maybe 49mm?

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Re: 46/47mm forks?
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2009, 09:34:33 pm »
yes 49mm 96/97/98