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@dougie693
Subscriberany info good or bad on ultima front ends ? can get a 58mm inverted 12 over 5 degree tree complete front end for under a grand brand new, thats almost a third of the price for an identical front end from american suspension
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@venmc
AdministratorUltima makes decent products but I’ve never bought/used one of their front ends. The American Suspension inverted front ends are beautiful and are worth every penny. The front end is ‘how’ your bike rides and handles. For my money I’d go with the American Suspension. 5 degree Tree with 12″ over tubes for the Vengeance Chopper. You may need to move the tank back. –S.
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@dougie693
Subscriberif my raider has original 12 over forks with 5 degrees in the trees on it now why might i have to move the tank if i put the same length inverted forks with 5 degree trees on it ?
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@venmc
AdministratorThe trees are usually larger with inverted forks. Ask them to give you the dimensions from the center of the tube to the back edge of the triple tree. If its an inch wider, than you need to make sure you have an inch of clearance from the back of the tree to the tank. Its less critical with the original warrior raider tanks so you might be just fine.
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@dougie693
Subscriberok, thanks for the info
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@headjanitor
EditorThe top tree is twice the thickness of yours which puts it too close to your tank. Chances are it will have clearance in the center position but will hit the tank when turned stop to stop. The inverted front end looks too heavy on a bike with a 250 back tire in my opinion. It’s better suited to a 280-300 back end.
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@venmc
AdministratorTo me the rear tire size isn’t the only issue… its also the width of the tank. I think the 250 tire is plenty of beef to compete with a fat front end. If I had my way, we would have used in inverted front end on the Vindicator. Mostly though it just what a person likes.
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@headjanitor
EditorGood point. As I recall I tried getting the nacelle or inverted front end on the Vindicator (Vigilante) but was out voted. B)
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@venmc
AdministratorYeah well when the Vigelante was being designed I was busy building a web site. (I guess not much has changed in 9 years.) For those of you who have no Idea what we are talking about the “pre-production” working name for the Vindicator was Vigelante until Wild West Cycles screamed trademark infringement. Also didn’t we try to put an inverted front end on the Hot Bike Vindicator but it was an “off brand” and didn’t work so we tore it off?
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@headjanitor
EditorThe Hot Bike Vindicator was designed and built during my yearlong sabbatical from the JGM regime (the Vengeance dark days) as I recall. Things vastly improved at the end of that dark period.
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@dr-dentfixhotmail-com
Subscriberserching thrun and spotted this
i have a 04 raider I think was left to me by a friend who passed
it has a 65 mm ultima front end and it looks and handles poorly. where can i get the stock one or something similerloop-single-reply.php
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