![]() ![]() Can you comment on size of the skyhawk frame? I'm tall and lanky, something I can stretch our on would be nice, and I no longer own a welder.Ĭurt, feel free to comment on all and any of my posts. KC, you have a sweet job man, and you do beautiful work! Those springer forks sure look good, tie it all together. Thanks also for the patience with my rambling posts, I'm not getting much sleep, and a lot of work, making this Kaveman a total zombie. Double thanks Velodrome, from the ~17 inch measurement you supplied I can tell already the ride height won't change much, I wonder where dude got 25? He must have gone to the top of the handlebars. I do appreciate the advice of fellow Arizonans, and all the other folks who weighed in. I'm dead set on springers, although I wasn't sure of manufacturing quality of different makes. ![]() Some things I just have to learn the hard way, maybe this is one of them. If I just can't stand the way they ride, they'll look great on my '63 Schwinn American. ![]() Most of the racers running them are probably abusing them more than I will, and I'm not particularly heavy. If they don't seem to hold up well, they'll become the pattern for a set constructed of premium material, by a local certified welder. As for running up or down the rim, did it on rigid forks, a springer should be nice. I know they're infinitely adjustable and all that, but they're ugly and I've never cared for how they ride. Its a done deal, I like the build quality, I just need a little more info.ĭon't think you'll get me to switch over to shock tube forks. As I understand it, most folks using these, are on cruiser type bikes, MTBs have a different rake up front, so length of fork has substantially more affect on ride height, so much so, that I may have to find a fabricator for a new intake, to level out the carburetor. If the guy misunderstood me, and measured to the top of the gooseneck, that's fine, I would just like a better sense of the dimensions when applied to my mountain bike frame. Motomagz, can you stretch a tape from your front hub nut, to the bottom of your gooseneck for me? This would help me get a better idea of change in stance to the bike. I had hoped to do this anyway, although to a lesser extent, however, I wouldn't mind ten extra inches, as tall as I am, that could greatly improve the comfort of my riding position. If that's the case, my forks measure 15", meaning a substantial lift to the front end. Now the fella I spoke with had to go measure it for me, I can only hope he was measuring from axle to bottom of the gooseneck, like I asked. What I did learn, was that they measure a touch over 25 inches from axle to gooseneck. I called them but it slipped my mind to double check the price, obviously I will later on. The rear motor is a bafang 750w with a 35amp max current controller.Is that link correct, MotoMagz? The price said $75?!? I found a picture of the sunlite forks next to a set of the monark repos and they are way more substantial, positively massive looking! Anybody else use those? I upgraded my front motor from a 500w to a 1500w with a 45amp max current controller. The picture is not clear but you see a bit the fender and the battery hold with those ties. I used those ties that are huge and strong to fix the triangle battery pack for my front motor. To fix them on the new fork that has no holes to screw them in place. The fork post are bigger than the original so you can't use the brackets of the old one.įor the fender I used those Industrial Ultra Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose UV Cable Ties I was putting it in place with my knee, both of my hands, using my chin, one of my ears.Lol seriously I would recommend to get some extra hands to help you. I damage the lower bearing because of that. You need more than 2 hands to hold the parts and screwing at the same time. The problem I had is to put the new one in place. ![]()
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