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Fork bottoms - chainging 20mm > 26mm. Can it be done?

Joined Feb 2005
27 Posts | 0+
Angus, SCOTLAND
I have a 650 Berg with the smaller 20mm front axle.

I was wondering if it is possible to change the fork bottoms from the 20mm axle to the bottoms found on Berg with a 26mm axle?

What are they held on by???? and can a fairly experienced mechanic (no problems with breaking Berg engines into litte bits & putting them back together) do it, or is worthwhile spending £100+ for a suspension guru to do it.

Any help would be great before going doing something I may regret!

Cheers

Rosco
 
Do you have the 2002 48mm WP forks? If yes, it is possible. The bottoms are pressed on. But why??? The bigger axle will only give you slightly less flex, which most mortals would not notice. If you must have the larger axle, you would be better off just upgrading to newer forks. Just the bottoms alone are as much as new take-off compete forks on Ebay(KTM forks are the same and pretty plentiful).
 
Okay, I shall explain the situation further, I warn you that it may get confusing;

I have an 02 650 Berg, that I do supermoto with, that breaks down on me every other day. The last time was the last straw. On it's way is an 04 KTM 450sx. The 450 comes with supermoto converted forks. My Berg currently has race converted forks also. My pal has an 05 KTM 525 with standard suspension.

I would like to keep my forks that I have on my Berg, as they are suited to me. My pal would like to buy the race forks off the KTM 450. I would get some money plus his standard forks in exchange. I would like to change over the fork bottoms (from the Bergs forks to the 450's forks and vice versa) so as I can keep using the 450's existing wheels etc. The reason for this hassle is so I can sell my Berg as a standard rolling chassis and keep the KTM standard sized front axle.

I know the rear bottom shock mountings differs between the two bike also but this looks easy to change over. I don't know how the forks bottoms are held on, whether by friction (push fit), bolted from the inside or the outside.

Whew. I think that's me!

Ta
 
You have to pull the forks apart to change the bottoms, so you are better off just changing the internals/springs between the two then messing with the bottoms. The Berg shock valving won't work right on the KTM, they have different rising rates due to different shock angles.

My 2 pence:
You are better off just having the KTM fork and shock re-valved, and stealing the springs from the Berg if necessary. Plus you will then have freshly rebuild suspenders.
 
You can buy spacers to allow your 20mm axel to work in the 26mm forks. This could save some $$$ and trouble...
 
Hi Rosco
there is one difference betwen KTM forks and Husaberg forks
KTM forks are 5mm longer and 5mm longer travel than Husaberg forks which could upset handling
the ends on fork tube are threaded and are loctite in place
Sorry to hear that you are giving up on the Husaberg :(
so long
VIKING
 
Rosco said:
... I don't know how the forks bottoms are held on, whether by friction (push fit), bolted from the inside or the outside.
The tubes are threaded into the aluminum bottoms. Put the bottoms in a vice. You need a heat gun to break down the locktite, and a special tool to unscrew the tube form the fork bottom.
 

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