MODIFICATION: FORK SWAP: STEP 1: FINDING FORKS

The stock Paoli forks are really nice. I have nothing against them, but when searching for replacement parts, seals, guards, hubs, or anyone locally willing to do any service on them, I came up pretty short. I had read several entries by usedtobefast and zaz696 on the ATK RIDERS FORUM andSOUTH BAY RIDERS about swapping the Paoli or WP for CRF forks.

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There have also been people like BONES and Desert Racer who have retrofit the Cannondale Ohlins forks to the single sided 605 as well.

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I was pretty content to ride the Paolis until they fell apart, but then I ran across a local guy parting out a complete CRF 250f on Craigslist and after waiting to see if he could sell the complete bike for a couple of weeks, he gave up and let me know that the front end (Wheel, Caliper, Fork Legs, Triples, Bars, Master) was mine for 300 bucks.

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They were re-sprung by Pro-Circuit, which I saw as a plus.

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After a sketchy meeting at dusk in a Sear's parking lot, they were crammed in the back seat of the Honda and made the trip back to the shed.

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COST: $300