EZ in NZ
10-23-2005, 11:44 PM
I recently finished a rebuild of my 83 200X where I 'Monstered' its proportions. This included widening, lifting and lengthening the trike. Widening was acheived with hub spacers and offset rims. Length with an extended swinger. To get the height, that came from the lengthened swinger and a 350X shock and swapping out the stock fork tubes for a longer pair.
Here's what I did for that:
The 83-84 XL200R fork tubes are 33mm - the same as the X. (I think the XR are 35mm). I got a nice pair from a wrecker and ripped them apart. The tubes were 95mm (almost 4") longer than the X ones.
I ended up mixing a few of the parts from different sets of forks to come up with what I thought was the best combination:
From the X:
Lowers
Top (shorter) springs
Dampening rod Spacers
From the XL200R:
Upper Fork Tubes
Dampening rods and springs
Bottom (long) springs
This all went together with no problems at all. All completely interchangable. By using the spring combination from the 2 sets, I got a decent amount of fork tension although my X springs were a little tired and I had been using a PVC spacer in them before this conversion.
Without a mod to the back end like mine has had (lifting it too), it WILL add extra rake (fork angle) to your stock trike. Because the same trees are used with 4" more length. It will give it a chopper look.
If the whole trike is being lifted like mine was, it keeps everything in proportion.
Here's what I did for that:
The 83-84 XL200R fork tubes are 33mm - the same as the X. (I think the XR are 35mm). I got a nice pair from a wrecker and ripped them apart. The tubes were 95mm (almost 4") longer than the X ones.
I ended up mixing a few of the parts from different sets of forks to come up with what I thought was the best combination:
From the X:
Lowers
Top (shorter) springs
Dampening rod Spacers
From the XL200R:
Upper Fork Tubes
Dampening rods and springs
Bottom (long) springs
This all went together with no problems at all. All completely interchangable. By using the spring combination from the 2 sets, I got a decent amount of fork tension although my X springs were a little tired and I had been using a PVC spacer in them before this conversion.
Without a mod to the back end like mine has had (lifting it too), it WILL add extra rake (fork angle) to your stock trike. Because the same trees are used with 4" more length. It will give it a chopper look.
If the whole trike is being lifted like mine was, it keeps everything in proportion.