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nickg715 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	question bout getting new forks 05/23/09 at 01:28:36 i tore apart my 96 savage and i am putting it back together. i am wondering where i can maybe get a new fork to push the tire out in front of the bike a little more any info will help.
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dr1445 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 97	Re: question bout getting new forks Reply #1 - 05/23/09 at 02:30:25 not sure why you would want to make an already slow steering machine turn in even slower but then thats your choice. you may need to find a set of forks from another bike with the wheel, caliper, rotor and the triple clamps then graft it on the savage.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: question bout getting new forks Reply #2 - 05/23/09 at 02:52:44 There is a place, Forks by Frank or Franks Forks, or something like that and he makes longer fork tubes to go on the front assembly. Somebody on here in the past has done the long front end so you may try searching the archive and/or google.
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Reply #3 - 05/23/09 at 05:44:39

I got em from a 1985 KX500. Need the whole stem, triples, the wheel brake ...
Junkyards have them and they wont run you more than couple 100. They are larger dia, have less offset and are a decent (9-12 in) longer for an added 10 degrees of rake. They have 21 inch aluminum laced rim in a 90 width. They will also interchange with KX 250 and 125 parts in that similar vintage. Best of all, over other dirt bike front ends these will take savage risers and 1 inch drag bar. Yea cables and wires fit too.
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Reply #4 - 05/23/09 at 05:46:48

dr1445 wrote on 05/23/09 at 02:30:25:

not sure why you would want to make an already slow steering machine turn in even slower but then thats your choice. you may need to find a set of forks from another bike with the wheel, caliper, rotor and the triple clamps then graft it on the savage.

I love watching Orange County Choppers for stuff like this. When Paul Sr. or whatever takes a bike out thats raked out to 14 feet long and half of it is the forks. "This one handles like a dream!". Huh

Compared to what? a Pirate ship? Grin

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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: question bout getting new forks Reply #5 - 05/23/09 at 06:44:25 www.seegercycle.com they have kits like on jrm8486's bike.They actually keep the correct trail so it still handles good.They're not cheap.Last I checked it was around $1500.00
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dr1445 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 97	Re: question bout getting new forks Reply #6 - 05/23/09 at 07:37:18 the dirt bike forks is a good call. no doubt the tubes are a bigger dia. than the stock unit, less issues with fork braces and flexing, not to mention much improved dampening.
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: question bout getting new forks Reply #7 - 05/23/09 at 12:50:00 This is what I did. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1213856449
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