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Jul 20, 2016 | 05:27 AM

#11

Tom84FXST

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From: Farmington ,MS

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Originally Posted by Tee⋁15338861

Good price. My only concern is if it is a 1989 style where the front fender is a mile above the tire.

It is the newer 93-99 style...the only bad thing I noticed was the evo fork lock is cut off.

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Originally Posted by Prot

They make a kit to make it hug the tire like the newer ones.

That kit is long discontinued.

Jul 20, 2016 | 08:30 AM

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Uncle G.

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Originally Posted by Crashone

I thought most of Harley parts were made in China assembled over here. If so how is this real Harley parts and not Chinese junk?

Harley's telescopic forks are made in Japan by Showa, and have been since 1977 or '78. The Springer front end, however, was made entirely in the US at the York, PA factory. At least this was so during the Evo era.

I had the pleasure of visiting the York plant several times back in the '90's and got to watch the process with my own eyes. It was pretty fascinating, watching them take red-hot tubes out of a furnace and pressing them in dies to taper and shape the springer parts.

Last edited by Uncle G.; Jul 20, 2016 at 08:32 AM.