WTD, complete front-end, or forks, Pre 78, non leading axle.

[John Orchard]

I have bad rusted forks on a '77 TS125 that I am building, anyone have a set of 30mm fork-legs or a complete front end with a non leading axle they want to sell?

[pokey]

i score my stanchions from Malaysia  NOS. Now to make it interesting the 100 the 125 and the 185 all share the same Part# but they are different items. the thread for the caps and the internal machining is different but if you put 2x dollar coins on top of the spring you can fit the correct adjustable top. i figured it would cost me more to make a spacer or machine the forks than 2 dollar coins in each leg.. Oh and Yamaha AG bike forks will fit and look remarkably like Suzuki units just a tad shorter.

[sleepy]

I remember someone using RM80 fork tubes and dampers in TM125 outer back in the early days of pre-75 but most that had TM125's used TM250 front end complete as they pretty much went straight in. The 30mm units would almost bend on the way to a meeting sitting on the trailer let alone any sort of jumps.
RM125S is a straight swap in but ever so slightly different to the TM250 with the drain holes in a different place.

[TT5 Matt]

does the replacement front end have to be suzuki or are you prepared to mix and match?with suzuki theres only ts/tm250/400 or rm125M/S/A that were straight leg forks but in yamaha theres the yz125/250C or xt/tt500C/D/E/ and the DT series

[John Orchard]

does the replacement front end have to be suzuki or are you prepared to mix and match?with suzuki there's only ts/tm250/400 or rm125M/S/A that were straight leg forks but in yamaha there's the yz125/250C or xt/tt500C/D/E/ and the DT series

Yep any brand is cool.