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Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago
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Hey guys, been awhile since I've been on here, and I really miss my Roadstar, but I'm playing around with a little Vstar 650 and real active now on their forum. I extended my fork tubes on my 650 and now I have a gap between my fork skins and the fork lowers......I'm wondering if any of you can get my a quick measurement of the lenght of the Roadstar lower fork tins? I need the length from the bottom of the lower tripple tree where they bolt up to the bottom edge. I'm just wondering if they are longer than the 650vstar.
Thanks in advance,
Billy
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago
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Lower tins are 7" long.
Doc
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago
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Flashing is too thin.
I made mine out of SS tubing. The are 4" longer than stock.
Doc
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago
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I bought the SS tubing from a metal warehouse. I believe the tubing is 3" x 0.065 AWG.
You can use it the way it is but if you want it tapered then you have to cut a wedge lengthwise out of it. Then butt the cut edges and weld together. You also need to fabricate a mount on one end like the OEM mount. Polished up you cant tell from the upper stock.
Doc
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Last Edit: 2010/03/14 07:20 By DocShadow.
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago
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Thanks for the info Doc, You da Man!
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 2 Years, 12 Months ago
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stainless can be hard to use at times.. you may consider using polished aluminum tubing from a performance auto shop,, they use it for custom intercooler tubing, and i'm sure you can get it in different diameters..likely cheaper than stainless..

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