Grind down steering stops?

Marshall G · Friday at 6:54 AM

My EX doesn't have as much turning radius as I'd like. I came down some super tight switchbacks and could've used a bit more.
Has anyone tried grinding down the steering stops to get more turning radius? It looks like there's room without the fork hitting anything.
Thoughts?

drehwurm68 · Friday at 10:10 AM

Marshall G said:
Has anyone tried grinding down the steering stops to get more turning radius?

The steering stop on the EX is a tab welded to the middle/front of the steering head tube. You possibly could grind of some material there, but IMO the much nicer approach would be to take the lower triple clamp to a machine shop and have them machine 1mm (for starters) off of each of the corresponding tabs there (just note this is a different location than on the MX and most other bikes). Just my 2 cent.

Michael

wfopete · Saturday at 7:37 AM

Proceed with care. A little too much off the stop and you could contact the carbon spoiler resulting in damage and tears and once removed it's much harder to replace that missing material

drehwurm68 · Saturday at 9:07 AM

If you machine too much off the triple clamp there is enough material there for a threaded hole to mount a screw which would actually give you adjustable steering stops!

Michael

Marshall G · Sunday at 9:07 AM

Good advice, thanks.

wfopete · Sunday at 5:25 PM

The EX doesn't have adjustable stops like the MX?

Marshall G · Sunday at 8:52 PM

No! The EX has fixed tabs. So the MX has adjustable stops (bolts) like KTMs? I wonder why they changed that? I could sure use a little more turning radius (at times).

mg

drehwurm68 · Sunday at 10:27 PM

Marshall G said:
The EX has fixed tabs. So the MX has adjustable stops (bolts) like KTMs? I wonder why they changed that?

Because of the keyed lock for the steering. The receiver for the locking tab sits where the steering stop are on the MX. Nevertheless the whole assembly is just screwed onto the frame and probably could be replaced by an assembly for adjustable stops.

Michael

Marshall G · 2025-06-30T10:29:10-0700

drehwurm68 said:
Because of the keyed lock for the steering. The receiver for the locking tab sits where the steering stop are on the MX. Nevertheless the whole assembly is just screwed onto the frame and probably could be replaced by an assembly for adjustable stops.

Michael

Ah, yes, makes sense. Thanks.

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