85 200X fork swap

[Fordfan7379]

What forks and triple tree if any will swap onto my 85 200X? Was not sure if a 350X or 250R would swap out. Mine are trashed and i am just looking at all my options!
thanks tim

[Bigbore]

250R triples won't work. The stops are wrong. 350X triples don't have any rake built into them. Keep your triples. Just have them bored to 35mm to fit '83-'84 250r or they'll go bigger to go '85 250r. To get them bored would be $35 to $50.

[sandpuppi101]

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Actually there is a easy way to get around the issue of the stop's.Here's a few pic's of a custom 1985 200X I built for a fella in Pittsburg ,take notice of the neck.The orginal set-up (red frame) ,has the stop's that will only accept the 200X tripple,but I cut that off and fabricated new stop's,which you can see in the pic's with the blue frame.At the point to where I welded on the stop's,I could have easily put the stop's in place to accept a set-up from a 350X or a 250r liquid or air.

Actually i had started off the build with the intent of using the 350X tripple's and front suspension but opted to go with the stock set-up anyway's,but i could have done either.Now I'm sure your asking the question why did I go thru the trouble of cutting off the stop'and just putting on the orginal set-up anyway?

Easy answer.. This was actually an old-school race set-up ,from back in the 80's.To increase the sharpness of the turning radius,alot of machine's were set-up this way,you could make it so you could turn alot sharper ,obviously for getting to the inside when racing,and that's why -if you see old race footage from back then either the tank's were dented way back in ,and alot of guy's did'nt use the air scoop's.I guess a good referance would be the pic of the powerrol 200X pic's that have been floating around recently.If you obsereve the pic ,you will notice that it does'nt have scoop's.

[Fordfan7379]

So other then the stop a triple tree and forks from a 350x or 250 R will work?? Just wanting to be sure b-4 I but a set!
thanks tim

[sandpuppi101]

well I built a roller a few year's ago with a 350X rear and a 350X front end,mocked to an '85 200X frame,and I believe that was it.I think that the ball baering's were different,meaning the 200X used the smaller ball's,and there was an issue with the bearing race.Can't honestly remember,that was a few year's ago,but I believe the stem's off the R and the x's were all the same.Do a search on here,I remember a member who,put the 350X suspension on a 200X frame.That would give ya more info.