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Offline BAHNZY

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KTM 80/81 38mm Marzocchi Forks
« on: September 25, 2008, 12:27:03 am »
A quick question.
How do the 38mm KTM spec Marzocchi's stack up against the 38mm units from the Japanese manafactures at the time. ie: would it be an improvement to swap out the Japanese units for the KTM units?
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Re: KTM 80/81 38mm Marzocchi Forks
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2008, 06:14:11 pm »
I think thay work fine.
Must use Good fork seals .

I think you would be a bit short.
 As Ktm have very long fork tubes

I would leave the Marzocchis on ya KTM ...
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Re: KTM 80/81 38mm Marzocchi Forks
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 07:13:04 am »
I have these same forks on my 1981 Can-An MX-6.  You need to make sure the axle is centered, so that there is no binding throughout the stroke.  There is also a damper rod trick that Works Performance used on the 1978 Marzocchis that I have had done to mine, but have not tested them out yet.  I will be switching forks soon and will report how it worked here.
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