78' XL250S forks vs. 93' XR250 forks

[BoJordan]

G'day everyone,

My XL250S's front forks need a full seal replacement and the triple trees are pretty crappy too (the previous owner ground down the stoppers so now if u turn it too hard the forks hit the tank). Now the idea i have for my bike is a military style scrambler/brat tracker type thing. My inspiration comes from the Left Handed Cycles 1982 CB750, Hammarhead industries Triumph 'jack pine' and the Ural/Icon Quartermaster. So I was thinking that in this case, instead of just replacing the seals and triple trees I will replace the whole lot with something that will offer me some more travel as I am looking at larger rear shocks and have changed from the dinosaur 23' down to a 21'. I have found a set of 93' xr250 forks for sale on eBay for a reasonable price and have a few questions for who ever has the knowledge or knows where to look to find out:
1. How much more travel will 93' XR250 forks offer me over stock?
2. will they fit fine as they are into the head stem?
3. do you think this is a good idea or should I just find a set of triple trees for my stock xl250s forks and replace the seals and maybe not go larger rear shocks.

any help will be greatly appreciated,

Cheers

 

[BoJordan]

Just looked a little bit more into it and the xr250 forks are for disc brakes (silly me didn't take this into consideration) while my current wheel is hub so the price difference for xr250 forks + disc brake conversion is going to be quite a bit more expensive than just buying the triple trees and fork seals for my current set up. Do you think I should go for the cheaper and more 'stock'option or should I change to the larger travel and disc brakes?