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Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
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.
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
Lower tins are 7" long.

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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
Thanks Doc, Seems there the same as the VStar, plan B, Make some extensions out of aluminum flashing...
 
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
Flashing is too thin.

I made mine out of SS tubing. The are 4" longer than stock.

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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
DOC HELP US how did you make them and were did you got the ss tubing
 
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
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.

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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
Thanks for the info Doc, You da Man!
 
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 3 Years, 2 Months ago  
THANK YOU now it is time too LOOK for some ss tubing.
 
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Re:Fork Tins Question... 2 Years, 12 Months ago  
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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