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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2004 11:47 am 
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Anybody know of someone that can trick out stock 79 CR forks? What were some of the kits for these back in the day (Terry Cable is all I can think of.) Does Race Tech make gold valves for these forks?

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I have heard that drilling a 1mm hole in the damping rod and using lighter weight oil makes these forks better, as does using DG or Pro-tech air caps. However most people replace the forks with a 43mm Showa front-end from a 1983 CR480R. Race Tech does parts for these newer forks. Some lucky folks have found 44mm Fox Factory forks or 38mm Simons...

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Michael,

You don't really have to be lucky, just willing to pay through the nose. :shock:

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1988 Honda CR250RJ
1983 Honda CR480
1981 Can-Am 250 MX6-B
1979 Honda CR250RZ
1979 Kawasaki KX250 A5
1978 Husky 250CR
1978 Honda CR250R
1977 Yamaha YZ400D
1977 Suzuki RM125B
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