November 25, 200817 yr I have a Majesty 200 and want to improve the forks and fork action! I'm thinking about fitting a Pinky front end (with better forks) and a front disc brake. I already have a set of 175 yokes, which have been milled out to accept the larger diameter TY Mono stanchions Is that not really in the spirit of Twinshock (I see plenty of TLR's with a front disc!!) Any pitfalls, will I be excluded from the Twinshock classes? Would the forks from a TY250 Twinshock be a better bet than the 175 forks already fitted?? Questions.......................??? Alternatively is there anyone who could tune the 175 forks, to improve the spring rate and damping (not frightened to spend a bit doing this option, unless it gets silly)
November 25, 200817 yr TY250 forks do have a better action than TY175 forks for people over a certain weight (damping and springing) and using them will preserve the existing steering geometry (being in-line axle and can be set to provide the same ride height). They are 34mm diameter though so would be too small for your bored out triple clamps. TY mono forks have a better damping action than TY250 twinshock forks but being leading axle will reduce the steering trail. A better bet would be to use TY mono triple clamps too but this requires work to get the steering stops right. Both the TY250 twinshock and TY mono forks are heavier than TY175 forks. I wouldn't complain about someone using TY mono forks on a Majesty because they are comparable in performance with the forks seen on late model twinshock bikes. We have a manufacturing cutoff date of 1987 here for twinshock bike technology so there would probably be no issues. I've seen TY mono forks and front wheel working quite well on a heavily modified RL250 too.
November 25, 200817 yr My friend put a set of ty250 twinshock forks and yokes on his whitehawk they a great improvement
November 25, 200817 yr Author My friend put a set of ty250 twinshock forks and yokes on his whitehawk they a great improvement Front wheel and spindle from a 175 will fit a Twinshock TY250 pair of fork bottoms, I hope? Edited November 25, 200817 yr by Johnnyboxer
November 25, 200817 yr Yes the front hubs on TY175 and TY250 twinshock are the same. Rims are different widths - don't know why. Edited November 25, 200817 yr by feetupfun
November 25, 200817 yr Is that not really in the spirit of Twinshock (I see plenty of TLR's with a front disc!!) Are discs allowed in your Twinshock classes?
November 25, 200817 yr Author Are discs allowed in your Twinshock classes? Never seen anybody bother about it in Club trials
December 1, 200817 yr There is a 175 Majesty on ebay. Wonder what forks are on that one? Edited December 1, 200817 yr by majman
December 12, 200817 yr there was a ty majesty for sale, jonny it was yours was it not? how come you pulled it at the last moment??
December 12, 200817 yr Author there was a ty majesty for sale, jonny it was yours was it not? how come you pulled it at the last moment?? It is mine I sold one of my standard TY's for Edited December 12, 200817 yr by Johnnyboxer
December 13, 200817 yr Nice one, i dont blame you. Is yours a 200cc with electronic ignition? or are you running points?
December 13, 200817 yr Author Nice one, i dont blame you. Is yours a 200cc with electronic ignition? or are you running points? 175 with points - runs fine
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