Hi everyone! I need some help and hopefully someone can steer me in the right direction.

I have a 2000 sporty frame and a set of 35mm forks (from a ironhead I believe) that I want to use together. After trying to mock it all up I learned that the stem is to short in the head tube. Do you I have any options? I've been reading that some shovel's were 35mm with a 1" stem but don't know if the stem is long enough? Does anyone have any advice? Will a shovel bottom triple tree work?

Thanks so much everyone, appreciate any help.

Chris

 

How short is too short? Ive seen 35mm forks on Evo's numerous times.

 

You can made a new stem that is longer and will fit your head tube, I do this many this. Just recent did this to bring a Springer -2" higher, I made a 2" higher head tube and weld this in the frame and next
a longer stem that fit the head tube. Now the the bike sits on the oem hight as I wanted. If you do not own the skills yourself, you can ask someone with a lathe to make you a longer stem, nothing to it.