z50 wheels on a crf50

mech_head6

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Discussion starter · #1 · Jun 5, 2007

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heres the deal. My buddy is looking to buy a bike. hes looking for a new crf style, because they are easier to find. but the trails around here are all sand, and we were thinking about putting a set of z50 wheels on his crf, i know that it would look goonish, but i was sure that i had seen it done before, but couldn't find it on here anywhere. Could someone please give me some info, or a link to it somewhere, or pics, or anything. also, some of it was just to say we did, and have a more custom bike than anyone around here. thanks



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MiniRacer153

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#2 · Jun 5, 2007

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I think they would be too wide.

 

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fat50racer

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#3 · Jun 5, 2007

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this was a cool hybrid gooner bike I put together. It can be done. The rear was a direct fit. the front takes some work but that was some of the fun ;-)

 

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#4 · Jun 5, 2007

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if you get a z50 front end it can be done

 

Wurms

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#5 · Jun 6, 2007

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I think you can just flip the front wheel around so the drum is on the left side of the crf fork. Pretty sure somebody did this around here already..

 

dirtbkr188

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#6 · Jun 6, 2007

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You will have to use a Z50 front end, the Z front wheel will not fit in between the stock CRF front forks. Here is a setup from a while ago, with the complete Z50 front end on a CRF/XR frame

 

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#7 · Jun 6, 2007

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fat50racer said:

this was a cool hybrid gooner bike I put together. It can be done. The rear was a direct fit. the front takes some work but that was some of the fun ;-)

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he was able to do it.. w/ the other front end!!!

so i guess it can be done !!

 

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racerx351 said:

he was able to do it.. w/ the other front end!!!

so i guess it can be done !!

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That other front end that you refer to is from an XR80 or 100, sport, it isn't the stock CRF/XR50 front end, by any means...

 

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fat50racer

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#9 · Jun 6, 2007

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actually dirtbkr188 I used xr75 forks in xr70 clamps. cwbride put the wheel into sik50 se forks and jcminis did the same wheel in xr70 forks. just depends wich style front end u want. if you want the stock ride height then z50 forks are the way to go.