shortening 6" over fork tubes?

[onespeedgordon]

hi, to whomever may read this. i posted this in another forum, but then found this one that would perhaps yield a better answer.

on my '73 chopper/bobber, the previous owner had some too long for the look i'm going for 6" over forks on it, so i took the spacers out and the fork is bottomed, and now the bike is level again, and has just the right stance i'm looking for, so without actually BUYING a new pair of tubes, or secondhand forks, i would like to know if it is possible to just cut them down?

thx, -paul

[onespeedgordon]

answered it myself. not possible.

anyone out there with over-length fork tubes still have their originals?

[chrishajer]

I thought Forking by Frank in Evanston Illinois could do that. They manufacture their own tubes, but I thought they could cut yours down and rethread them. If not, maybe you can get a set from them at a good price.

http://www.frankmain.qpg.com/

--Chris

[onespeedgordon]

thanks a million, i'll check that out....

[chrishajer]

If they can help or not, post back here for others to stumble on this.

--Chris

[snowman]

A local machine shop should be able to help out but really, the price of a used set should not be much more. Not sure how much you want to lower the front end, so how about loosening the tree clamps and sliding the tubes up a few inches.....:geek:geek:geek

[chrishajer]

You can't slide them up on 1987 and earlier since the top of the tube is tapered to fit into the top tree. Can't go up at all.

--Chris

[Dakin Engineering]

How about a swap? I got a set of stockers.

Sam