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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 10:30 PM
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Gidday all,

Has anyone extended there forks on a Softail Slim, If so could you give me some info please

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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 09:21 AM
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What do you mean by extending them? Are you wanting to lift your bike? Or are you thinking of raking the neck and extending the forks?? The FL front end isn’t going to lend itself well to that.
 
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No i just want to extended them about 2"
 
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Welcome to the crew!
You might want to check out forks by Frank. A bunch of folks highly recommend them and they are knowledgeable and user friendly.
I was thinking of something similar...
 
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I suppose you could just install 2" longer fork tubes. By doing this you may also need to run extended fork cans/cowbells to make the extension not look so obvious. The middle of your forks may end up with a strange gap where they taper into the cowbells otherwise.
 
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