1984 Honda Cr250 front end

[Rossvickicampbell]

I know this is a very slim chance but there is no harm in asking on this forum  as it is amazing what turns up.  I wouldn't mind converting the front end of my 83 250CR to a disc brake 84 model - does any one have any/all the bits I need available for sale that they are prepared to part with?

heres hoping.

cheers

Rossco

[Mick22]

Wouldn't you be better off using an 88 model front end , a lot easier to find too

[Mick D]

Hi Rossco, I have a lead on some rusty forks probably cost you half a carton plus post(so that would be a whole carton). They are in Sydney , Near Nepean Raceway.

I will ring him in the morning. Fingers crossed, I will be down that way in two or three weeks.

With any luck Rossco, now that I have said that, some will trump me with a better set. I think the 83 84 XR disk wheels are the same pre85 legal then. Hydraulics are consumables, so no problems with the rules using latter XR400 master and slave. A braided hose is the thing that will make it "WORK", cheap of ebay or the you bueats of Ballards that Ricak put me on to.

[Rossvickicampbell]

Mick - want to stay pre 85 so I can play with the boys (go away Craig).

Mick-DE - thanks - lots available in the US but they want $152USD (or nearly that in Australian ) - for postage.  Hence asking local.

ta

[Mick22]

Mick - want to stay pre 85 so I can play with the boys (go away Craig).

ta

Fair enough, eligibility of 88 model forks does seem to be a grey area, there is definitely no shortage of them on the grid though....

I ve got a couple of sets of forks from the US for under $100 including late model USD's, I just shop around the guys that bring in containers of bikes and get them to chuck them in with the bikes, usually costs around $50 for the freight

[Rossvickicampbell]

yeah - I might have to keep looking and see who comes back with realistic postage.

[Damo]

Hi Ross,

I have a set of 84 Forks and complete brake set-up. You would just have to source a disc front wheel.

P.M me.

Damo

[Nathan S]

I've got a front wheel with disc, that I'd happily swap for a late 80's Kawasaki disc front wheel.
If that's any help...

[Mick D]

Some favorable responses there Rossco. I won't phone about the rusty ones now, unless you want me to.

[BAHNZY]

Hydraulics are consumables, so no problems with the rules using latter XR400 master and slave.

An Observation.
The master cylinder might be, but not the calliper. From memory Honda was the only manufacturer that had a twin piston calliper in 1984 so you could/might be able to pass it off as the later model unit is close to the original, but most of the other manufactures had single cylinder calliper so a twin piston would be a definite advantage, unless it was an actual 1984 Honda unit.
If the bike is a twin leading unit, I would have thought that set up properly would be better than those early disc systems. I know that the drums on my 84 Suzuki are far better than the disc system on my 84 KX.
Note: The XL/XR of the same vintage shared the same calliper so don't limit your search to just CR.

[Nathan S]

As best as I can tell, all of the 1980s~early 1990s Nissin master cylinders are operationally identical anyhow.

The are differences in levers (I assume this was to suit the manufacturers), resevior size, and hose exits (banjo bolt vs in-line), but the bits that matter all seem the same.