can anybody identify these forks please?

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dollydog
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can anybody identify these forks please?

Post by dollydog »

35mm stantions, 4 stud bottom clamps, definitely drum brake, only marking i can find on them is HF :)
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GTS250 road registered. TS250 engine, Ramair frame.
GT250 big bang road registered. Both pistons fire the same time. USD forks.
GT285 road registered. Overbored - 58mm and TS125 +2 pistons fitted.
GT10 road registered. '65 T10 engine, GT250 frame.
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Re: can anybody identify these forks please?

Post by vman858 »

Not GT185 or T350.
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i know what they aren't mate - i need to know what they are :D
cheers, dd.
GTS250 road registered. TS250 engine, Ramair frame.
GT250 big bang road registered. Both pistons fire the same time. USD forks.
GT285 road registered. Overbored - 58mm and TS125 +2 pistons fitted.
GT10 road registered. '65 T10 engine, GT250 frame.
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Re: can anybody identify these forks please?

Post by jabcb »

They aren’t a matching set.
For the one on the left, the location of the drain screw shows that its for the right side.
For the right one, that looks like a side reflector mounting surface at the bottom. So its likely newer than most of us were thinking.

So far I’m guessing Honda or something unexpected like Harley.
Post a pic of the other side.
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Re: can anybody identify these forks please?

Post by dollydog »

hi jab, they are definitely a pair - give me a minute and i'll find a different piccy :D
right, i'm back. here's a photo of the outside of the fork bottoms :D
cheers, dd.
Image
GTS250 road registered. TS250 engine, Ramair frame.
GT250 big bang road registered. Both pistons fire the same time. USD forks.
GT285 road registered. Overbored - 58mm and TS125 +2 pistons fitted.
GT10 road registered. '65 T10 engine, GT250 frame.
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and here's the insides :D
cheers, dd.
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GTS250 road registered. TS250 engine, Ramair frame.
GT250 big bang road registered. Both pistons fire the same time. USD forks.
GT285 road registered. Overbored - 58mm and TS125 +2 pistons fitted.
GT10 road registered. '65 T10 engine, GT250 frame.
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Post by Flywheel »

I thought those look somewhat familiar, especially the boss for the drum brake. I believe they're from a 1976 Honda MR 250 Elsinore (had one back in the mid 80s). Here's a set on Ebay, they look the same except the one fork's lower leg is missing a fender mount.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HONDA-CR-250-M ... zY&vxp=mtr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by Flywheel »

Actually these look closer. They're from a Honda MT 250 Elsinore. Difference between the "Elsinore" models: CR- Motocross, MR-Enduro, MT- Dual Sport.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-Honda-MT2 ... jK&vxp=mtr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONT-FORKS-19 ... yN&vxp=mtr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Edit... Maybe a CL250 as well
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flywheel, you are a gentleman and a scholar :D many thanks!
cheers, dd.
GTS250 road registered. TS250 engine, Ramair frame.
GT250 big bang road registered. Both pistons fire the same time. USD forks.
GT285 road registered. Overbored - 58mm and TS125 +2 pistons fitted.
GT10 road registered. '65 T10 engine, GT250 frame.
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Post by jabcb »

Flywheel, I’m impressed.

Outer left fork tube Honda part # 51521-340-300.
The SL350K2A has a drum brake with a stay that bolts up to the boss.
The XL250A has a drum brake that uses the raised section that I thought was for a side reflector.

Fork tube diameters: http://www.ohiocaferacers.com/OCRTubeSizes.pdf
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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Re: can anybody identify these forks please?

Post by Flywheel »

Thanks for the kind words. I believe this is a result of my youth: a pre-driver licensed teen scouring the local motorcycle salvage yard trying to keep his dirt motorcycle operational while on a income of a paper route, cutting grass and shoveling snow. 8)
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