I'm looking to for anyone that has a good source to purchase fork tubes that are +8 - +10 over. I just personally trust anything that could unwind or unscrew itself. Would rather just buy the extended tubes. I've heard good but mostly bad about Frank's Forks but that's the only place I've been able to find other than Amazon. But super weary of unknown manufacturing process. Thank you in advance for any help or where to look.
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Where to find the best +8 or +10 fork tubes. Not extensions
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@Cory Hagan Be ready to adjust your neck angle or tripple tree offset. Make sure your trail is right or you could be setting yourself up for a dangerous ride. Just something to consider with longer forks.
I have the 6" extension with a lowered rear and its a little "floppy" at slow speeds. I wouldn't want that feel at highway speeds. I still need to measure my trail for refference.
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TJ Admin Staff memberModeratorMember who has the rights to delete posts, and ban members form forum if they violate the rules.@Cory Hagan franks sucks. They sent me a number of forks that werent even chromed. they were polished, but they rusted in 3 business day.
they were anightmare ot deal with and took months to fix the issue. i lost about 5k having to refund customers for fuck ups that weren't mine.
the fork extensions I make arent going to unscrew themselves. if anyone told you that, thats an unfounded opinion and not fact. the threads are very very low tolerance.
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CableGuy New Member@TJ But what about saftey? I've been reading warnings of people to stay away from fork extensions. I'm not sure about the sketchyness level.
Also most important question; I've seen that the fork extensions you sell and sadly they don't fit a vt1100. What are you recommendations for someone who wants to have extended tubes on a vt1100? Ask someone to fabricate them? Or new full new fork tubes ( quite expensive, but safer? not sure they are available?) do you have any recommendations? I'm looking for 4" over or 6" over.
Thanks
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TJ Admin Staff memberModeratorMember who has the rights to delete posts, and ban members form forum if they violate the rules.
@CableGuy I'm not going to sell anything thats stupidly dangerous. The threaded junction is BETWEEN the triple clamps, have you seen any motorcycle break a fork between the clamps? No. If the extensions went BOYOND the lower triple tree then yes, that could potentially be an issue. But these are solid stainless steel fork extensions, and you run ZERO risk to safety by running them.
the issue with 1100's is they changed the thread pitch on the fork caps so many times over so many different models we have been unable to dial in exactly which models will have particular threads.They also had crossover years so figuring out how to provide the correct extensions for each model has been very frustrating. yes you can find someone to make you a set, dont use aluminum. use steel or stainless.
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