Help with front end swap

[gentlemanjim]

I'm building a Honda XL250 Cafe bike. The only I believe I can lose that god awful 21" front wheel is to swap in XS650 35mm forks. Si Need the following parts or other advice. I want the drum bike front hub, but I think that I must also get drum bike fork lowers and if I remember they aare 34mm, so must go disc. unless you know something I don't.

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Wanted XS650 Front End 35MM fork tubes
- Forks complete with lower legs
- Front Wheel Hub prefer drum brake if fork tubes are 35mm
If I need to go hydraulic to get 35 mm forks
- Caliper
- Master cylinder
- Rotor

 

[Jim]

Yes, if you want plug and play drum brake fittings on the lowers, 34mm is your only choice with XS forks. All the 35mm came with disc attachments only.

 

[gentlemanjim]

Thanks, That's what I recall. Not that discs are bad, going for the vintage look.

 

[Charles13]

Look for an rz350 front end, I have one on one of my street trackers and it works very well

 

[gentlemanjim]

RZ's are not as common as XS. I'll sure look.

 

[Team Junk]

Or you could swap the xl250 triple tree with a 34mm tree. Allballs is a treasure trove of info.

Some years of xt500 had small tubes

 

[gentlemanjim]

Thats a thought. What years XS650's had 34mm triples?

 

[Charles13]

Up to 76? Maybe then 35mm

 

[Team Junk]

Thats a thought. What years XS650's had 34mm triples?

I'm pretty sure theres a guide in the tech section

 

[gentlemanjim]

i'll look TY