Aprillia rx front end and rear wheel do they fit as an sm conversion?
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Anything fits given custom fabrication.
It is unlikely to fit without custom fabrication, it's also likely that by making the conversion you will have to modify the rear end otherwise you will have a very sketchy layout. Picture:
| <---Front Wheel ooo <---Chassis ooo | <--- Rear Wheel
What do you notice?
I had to do some serious machining to the rear end of my bike to get the front and rear wheels inline, then the front and rear sprockets inline. Don't underestimate this as otherwise you will end up with a bike that handles like a pig!
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@declan said in Aprillia rx front end and rear wheel do they fit as an sm conversion?:
@calum thanks bud and the dt is in my bad books right now after pushing it miles at 4 in the morning so I don’t think it deserves it right now
Consider that your carbon offset for the week
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@declan If the parts are genuine RX then the wheels are the enduro 21/18" set-up. The MX was the SuMo version with 17" wheels, which may have been swapped for the stock enduro wheels? If you get the front forks that will solve the front wheel and brake fitment problem. However, the rear tyre is a 150/60/17 and may not fit in the DT swing-arm? I can measure my rear wheel to give you an overall size if you want? Plus the rear spindle may be a different diameter and/or length?
Plus if the hubs are wider then lining up the sprockets would take some serious custom fab work to get it all in-line. Just as @Calum has stated. And lastly the chain, sprockets and rear brake are all on opposite sides, the DT ia chain left, rear brake right and the Aprilia is the opposite. You may be able to just flip the wheel over to get it the DT way around, but still some fab work will be needed to get it all to work correctly.
Just some food for thought bud, there all not impossible problems to solve, but I would be very surprised if they were a straight swap???
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@calum love how you assume it’s my fault pretty simple stuff something has went wrong in the junction box for the Rev cable also I have a coolant leak and I have some sort or lean situation and I’ve lost compression so I need new reeds since when I swapped the reed plates I had crazy good compression now it’s like it was before so I’m gonna do it all at one and be done with it
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@declan Reed valves are one way. Stiffer reed valves stop reed flutter at high RPM and in no way affect compression. It's a one way reed valve.
You will only lose compression though the piston, rings, cylinder wall and spark plug. Or head gasket.
You loss of compression and loss of coolant, or a sudden appearence of a coolant leak, suggest something more untoward here. I will solve those issues, rather than addressing the reed petals.
I run carbon reeds and haven't an issue
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Time to get some upgrades, can't seem to find the ones I'm running, but heard good things about these
http://www.pjme.co.uk/acatalog/Yamaha_DT125R_Fuel_And_Carbs_.html
I am going V-Force induction on the engine I am building ATM.