Hello Everyone,

im struggling to decide on what size fork tubes to go for on my 883 superlow. ive installed a 3 degree raking kit and am constantly bottoming out with the stock forks.

im want to go with the 2" over but everyone keeps saying 4 ( which i think will look odd on a small bike)

looking for your opinions!!

thanks and hope to hear from you soon!


cheers,
Al

 

if you extend the forks, it wont be super low anymore..

 

And will the new forks have longer damper rods? Thats what limits your travel. Do a search for a trail calculator, use it to determine your trail, you can also use it for what ifs (changing fork tube length)

 

in your case longer tubes will help trail if your rake kit consists of trees.

You can do this,

-put the bike on a jack, level but with the tires on the ground

-loosen all four pinch bolts on your trees

-jack the bike until the tubes begin to slide down through the trees

-when they have slid through 2" tighten the lower two pinch bolts (unnecessary to tighten the top two because the tubes won't be in the top trees)

-remove the jack & check the stance. If it's what you want then get +2 tubes. If not, try 4".

You can also check if you need a longer kick stand. You can sit on it, roll it around, take pics...whatever but DO NOT ride it this way.

 

2" seems like a waste to me. I'd go with the 4".

 

Don't forget that he's going to use Raked triple Trees ... In some cases 2" over tubes will bring the bike back ( real close ) to it's stance/height before the raked trees were installed. This was the case on my 1976 XLCH ... I used "Forks by Frank" 2" over tubes with raked trees and it came out perfect ... Just my .02 cents worth "AlPal"

 

with 3 degree raked trees mreed suggestion sounds like the easiest way to see what length you need. I've heard that with 5 degree you should run 4" over & that you can run 2" over with stock trees.
Are you looking to get the forks out further or the bike up higher?

 

+1 on the longer damper rods. I did this on my 883L and not only got longer travel, a higher stance, but got about 1 3/4" additional travel.

 

i havent used raked trees installed a 3 degree raking cup in the neck which is what took up all of my travel.

Rob Robb - would ideally like is to kick out further

 

What mreed told you to do,and on that note i would go with 4" tubes.