KT250 forks on TY

[njtrials]

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? Possible scenario is KT250 forks used on a TY175 to have larger/stiffer 34mm front end to get rid of the flex with the small 28mm(?) 175 fork. I haven't been able to source a TY250 set and came across a set from a KT.   I was also wondering how the leading axle from the KT would work. Hoping someone has tried this over the last 50 years.

Edited 11 hours ago by njtrials
Clarification

[feetupfun]

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.

[njtrials]

feetupfun, 

To be clear I would want to use the KT triples as well, so if using the 175 wheel a spacer would be needed? Still not sure how to anchor the TY brake arm. I think the KT uses a lug cast into the backing plate and lower.