Ah - it's a US site (I dont think they sold the VTR250 over there).Thanks mate, but they don't seem to have the VTR 250 on their list..
What, you're going to stick the USD front end off a 600cc sportbike onto a tiny little Honda 250 frame?Bit late to the party 😅
I'm actually quite keen to do the same thing to my VTR 250! Given that one's already been done, and you guys probably know a heck of a lot more than I do, could you please elaborate on what work needed to be done to finish the whole swap?
With the front end swap, was it just the bearings that needed changing between the triple clamps? Or were there other parts that needed changing/swapping or modifying? Also, what would be the best way to go about in regards to fitting the ignition barrel and sorting out the steering lock?
Many Thanks!
Why would you even want to?
I put the wrong forks on the wrong bike before too. It was the act of a pre-pubescent teenager that didn't know any better, but I grew up real fast so that experiment only lasted a few hours, then I put it all back together again the way it was suppose to be. ymmv.Multiple reasons really:
I really like the look of USD vs RSU forks, and my little VTR 250 is kind of my Sh**s and giggles bike anyway.
It's already got a full crash cage on it, and I mainly use it for low speed shenanigan's like wheelies, stoppies, sliding and just throwing it down the road in carparks. Hence having the much stiffer front end and more powerful brakes is sort of what I'm after.
But because parts are a pain to get and rather costly in my neck of the woods, I just wanted to get a rough idea of the workload involved before taking it on as a project.
The other idea I've been messing around with is swapping YZF-R3 forks in as they're both 41mm forks, and there's a lot more suspension kits out there for R3's than there is for VTR 250's. Main advantage being I can keep the OEM triple clamp, but it's sort of my backup idea as if I'm going to do something stupid like a front end swap on a worthless 250, I might as well all out and make it crazy!
