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ROB CYCLE Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 53	springer forks 10/26/10 at 17:21:19 has anyone ever replaced a stock forks for a dna or springer forks .
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: springer forks Reply #1 - 10/26/10 at 18:41:53 here's one already done up for you cheap too. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-Suzuki-Savage-Custom-Chopper-/13044737411...
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: springer forks Reply #2 - 10/27/10 at 06:47:31 Yep, that's mine. I re-listed it on ebay because there were no takers. But I at least got one bid on it so far this time.
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: springer forks Reply #3 - 10/27/10 at 08:49:14 Found this set on CL and wondered what sort of modification it would take to get them to fit http://boise.craigslist.org/mcy/2028256524.html
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Reply #4 - 10/27/10 at 14:55:24

Thats a girder, not a springer on ebay. You'll need to know the stock length of your front end from the bottom tree to the center of the front axle and order accordingly unless you plan on raking out the frame. Then you get to make up the spacers, axles, and stem/bearing set up for the neck. not hard at all. A Girder doesn't flex as bad as a springer will. If you rake it out with a springer, you will notice a 'bounce' in the front end because the lower legs are always under compression and will 'load and unload' with just about any bump in the road. A girder pivots at the neck and and has both legs welded together that makes it very rigid, but if you hot rod in the twisties, it can 'skip' in the harder curves.

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Reply #5 - 10/27/10 at 16:48:52

einheit13 wrote on 10/27/10 at 14:55:24:

Thats a girder, not a springer on ebay. You'll need to know the stock length of your front end from the bottom tree to the center of the front axle and order accordingly unless you plan on raking out the frame. Then you get to make up the spacers, axles, and stem/bearing set up for the neck. not hard at all. A Girder doesn't flex as bad as a springer will. If you rake it out with a springer, you will notice a 'bounce' in the front end because the lower legs are always under compression and will 'load and unload' with just about any bump in the road. A girder pivots at the neck and and has both legs welded together that makes it very rigid, but if you hot rod in the twisties, it can 'skip' in the harder curves.

A girder will 'pogo-stick' as well but not near as bad as a true springer. I know this as the bike on ebay is mine. It wasn't very difficult to install it. In fact I believe I still have the instructions posted in the tech/ref section. Let me look right quick (pausing to look) Yep, found it. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1213856449. Instruction ain't very good I'm affraid and no in progress pics because it wasn't until after I got it installed that I remembered and I sure as heck wasn't gonna tear it back down just to get pics.

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Reply #6 - 10/29/10 at 13:57:13

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 10/27/10 at 16:48:52:

einheit13 wrote on 10/27/10 at 14:55:24:

Thats a girder, not a springer on ebay. You'll need to know the stock length of your front end from the bottom tree to the center of the front axle and order accordingly unless you plan on raking out the frame. Then you get to make up the spacers, axles, and stem/bearing set up for the neck. not hard at all. A Girder doesn't flex as bad as a springer will. If you rake it out with a springer, you will notice a 'bounce' in the front end because the lower legs are always under compression and will 'load and unload' with just about any bump in the road. A girder pivots at the neck and and has both legs welded together that makes it very rigid, but if you hot rod in the twisties, it can 'skip' in the harder curves.

A girder will 'pogo-stick' as well but not near as bad as a true springer. I know this as the bike on ebay is mine. It wasn't very difficult to install it. In fact I believe I still have the instructions posted in the tech/ref section. Let me look right quick (pausing to look) Yep, found it. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1213856449. Instruction ain't very good I'm affraid and no in progress pics because it wasn't until after I got it installed that I remembered and I sure as heck wasn't gonna tear it back down just to get pics.

I know its yours, I wish you were closer and I buy it. I've had all kinds of girders and springers, even made a few. For looks, nothing beats a springer. For control/comfort, it better be a very short springer or a girder. the last raked out bike I had was a CB 750 that was done like a 'digger'....13' 3.5" long! A switch to a girder made a world of difference in the handling.

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Reply #7 - 10/29/10 at 14:09:11

einheit13 wrote on 10/29/10 at 13:57:13:

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 10/27/10 at 16:48:52:

einheit13 wrote on 10/27/10 at 14:55:24:

Thats a girder, not a springer on ebay. You'll need to know the stock length of your front end from the bottom tree to the center of the front axle and order accordingly unless you plan on raking out the frame. Then you get to make up the spacers, axles, and stem/bearing set up for the neck. not hard at all. A Girder doesn't flex as bad as a springer will. If you rake it out with a springer, you will notice a 'bounce' in the front end because the lower legs are always under compression and will 'load and unload' with just about any bump in the road. A girder pivots at the neck and and has both legs welded together that makes it very rigid, but if you hot rod in the twisties, it can 'skip' in the harder curves.

A girder will 'pogo-stick' as well but not near as bad as a true springer. I know this as the bike on ebay is mine. It wasn't very difficult to install it. In fact I believe I still have the instructions posted in the tech/ref section. Let me look right quick (pausing to look) Yep, found it. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1213856449. Instruction ain't very good I'm affraid and no in progress pics because it wasn't until after I got it installed that I remembered and I sure as heck wasn't gonna tear it back down just to get pics.

I know its yours, I wish you were closer and I buy it. I've had all kinds of girders and springers, even made a few. For looks, nothing beats a springer. For control/comfort, it better be a very short springer or a girder. the last raked out bike I had was a CB 750 that was done like a 'digger'....13' 3.5" long! A switch to a girder made a world of difference in the handling.

Yeah, when I first thought of the idea of putting a girder or a springer on it, I talked to several folks who had ridden both and I decided the girder would give me the look I was after yet not be as bouncy as a full springer.

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