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Swapping front ends....how do I tell if trees were raked?

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Old 02-16-2009, 09:54 PM
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Default Swapping front ends....how do I tell if trees were raked?

Hi
I have a 92 FXST and I am planning on swapping the polished wide glide front end that is on the bike. I purchased a nice chrome aftermarket front end complete with triple trees.
Since I dont know what came on my bike, how do I know if the trees might have been swapped for raked trees? I want to keep the same stance and rake, but I want to change the trees as well. The forks are the same length.
How can I be sure?
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Old 02-17-2009, 12:21 PM
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The '92 FXSTC came with a pretty radical 34 degree rake, so not many would have added raked trees. If they did, I'd think it would be something outlandishly obvious. If you can't tell a difference by eyeballing it(the forks would be more raked than the steering head), or by the horrible handling that would result from putting raked trees on it, I'd say you're pretty safe.
 
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