njtrials Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago Has anyone used KT250 forks on a TY? If so, pros and cons? Did you use a KT or TY wheel? If using a TY wheel, how did you mount the brake arm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago I've done it the other way around, fitting TY250 forks to a KT (wanting to increase the trail). I used a TY wheel. An axle spacer was needed for this. It was just an experiment and I went back to using KT forks on my KT. There were two problems with the TY forks on the KT. The amount of trail was too much which upset the steering and the front mudguard hit the exhaust header on full compression of the forks. I then modified some KT triple clamps to provide only about 5mm extra trail over standard and was very happy with the result. If you fit KT forks to a TY250, the KT wheel assembly will be a bit too wide because with KT triple clamps, the fork tubes are slightly (2-3mm) further apart than with TY250 triple clamps. I've not tried to fit a TY wheel to KT forks. KT forks are longer overall and have more travel than TY250 forks and would reduce the trail by about 20-25 mm due to the leading axle design. They are functionally very similar inside with the main difference being that the KT forks do not have anti-topping springs. They are so similar inside that you can use TY internals in KT fork tubes and vice versa. It sounds like a fun, interesting project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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