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Lowering forks?

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When I first got my bike and thought about lowering it a few inches I found a company that made new lowering forks for cbs, but now that I actually have the time and money i cant for the life of me find that companys name? Anybody got any clues as to what the company was? I wanna say it was somebodies name but i could be way off. thanks guys!
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Forking by Frank. Just Google it.
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1977 CB 750-A X 4
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1976 CB 750 F
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tools you are the man!! that was exactly who it was....man i need to just put you on speed dial! lol thank you sir. Have you ever used his forks before? and any recommendation on a reasonable amount to lower a 750?
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Yes I have used his forks before, but I always went the other direction. I would lower the forks in the triple trees until it had the stance I wanted. Then measure how much was sticking up.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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  I slipped my tubes Lil over an inch  
 http://honda-cb750-s.456789.n3.nabble.com/Piute-putt-1977-CB-750-F2-td3196204i200.html 
so my feet would reach the ground better ,Worked but after getting rear shocks springs down 2 full rings ,I was able to put the tubes back to were they should be. Saved me a lot of cash,for now,till I can get some Quality New one's. So lowering the front wasn't needed,


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<LET THOSE WHO RIDE DECIDE><RIDE TO LIVE-LIVE FOR JESUS> 
Native American from central Cal,  Kickstand UP in S.W.Missouri,
                                       
 
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ok wait, so what exactly is the point of shortened fork tubes?? Do you pair those up with shortened spings in order to lower your bike? and when you purchase them from Frank, is all youre getting is just the actual chrome tubes? or do you get brand new complete forks? The more I think about this the more sliding my forks up sounds better...and cheaper!? lol
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A lot of guys will slid the forks up, and then install clip-ons where the forks stick out of the triple trees.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)
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Sliding them up is free and takes about 2 minutes to do.You can change your mind and raise/lower your bike at will.99% of people will never notice the tubes sticking up,the 1% that does see what you did won't rib you about it.If you lower your tubes and it handles funny all you have to do is slide the tubes back to their original location.Plus,I'm a big fan of stock parts.Love stock parts.Stock lasts
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Lucky 1
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Just move the fork tubes up in the triple clamp. One inch .
Just do not go overboard,or the clearance under the bike could
ruin your expensive exhaust system on a bump in the road.
On a Roadstar Adventure.
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slownugly007
sweet! im gonna give it a try tonight...thanks guys!
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Good point on ground clearance Donald.My bike is stock height and has bottomed out a couple times on speed bumps before i started being more careful.Not cool,and sorta embarrassing.
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