Making a Rat Bike

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Making a Rat Bike

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Is it smart to take my rear shocks out and make it solid like a hard tail and stretch my front forks another inch to an inch and 1/2, on my 72' 750 Honda. Or is there a better way to do it? Any and all help is apprciated.
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There is nothing wrong with doing either modification. People have been doing them for decades on bikes, including the CB 750. You can get the longer fork tubes from Cycle-X, or forking by Frank. Also you could get a front end off an 80-83 "C" model and put it on your bike. The "C" model front end is about 2" longer then the one on the K-2. For the rear, you could buy, or make struts. However the coolest thing to do is to install a Cycle One hardtail.
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