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Yeah, that's him. This bike has been a full on pain in the ass - one thing after the other has went wrong - wrong shock linkage -I had to replace it, fork tubes were pinched at the bottom and I couldn't change out the springs w/o spending way too much $, etc.... I just hope that after this it goes t...

I'm sure this has been dealt with before, but I did not find the thread, so I'll take the verbal battery to get the answer I need. Here is my situation - I was getting ready to install my 500 engine in my 01 CR250 frame when I found that the swing arm pivot bolt was too big to fit through the engine...

Yeah, I got it handled, confirmed that the shock was the right one, re-sprung and re-valved it. The genius that had the bike before me pinched the fork tubes when he put on the fork guards - they have a bolt that is longer than the other two and he forced it in a hole where it did not belong and pin...

Thanks, I was going that direction, but as I took the bike apart, I found that the shock linkage did not fit right - too small, and I became concerned that the shock was not the original either. Before I knew about the linkage, I took the shock in to be sprung and re-valved (a month ago), and since ...

I have a 2001 CR250 roller that I am converting to a 500AF. Is there any newer model suspension - forks or shock that will bolt
on ? And, if you made these mods, was it worth it?

Thanks