Regarding the oil, you have exactly the same space as before minus the added bush, so one easy whey to measure this is to drop the bush in a measuring cup and look how much the water rice, this amount you take away from total original oil for this fork.

Love the fact that the PVC fuck up was not edited out to try to save face, so to say…..in any way, shape or form. In today’s world everyone tries to save face from any kind of messup / screw up so they can’t be judged or ridiculed, just shows me a tremendous amount about the character of this gentleman. Could have so easily been removed from his footage prior to upload. Stuff like this is what interests me in ppl and he Is super informative and just a nice guy. Seems like and easy man to have a beer with and shoot the shit! Got a new sub in me bro!

i modded mine before finding this but the funny thing is that you cut the top spring, i did the same mod but instead of using a metal bush, i used the short spring in place of the metal bush on the damper rod that i cut from the top spring.. works well..

Glad to see you get back on the project. I really like the relocation you did. Great place to hide it in open site. I also like the lowered front forks. That goes really well with the traditional bobber style bikes. Both of my Harley Sportsers are slammed. I have an 03 883 custom that's slammed with burly super slammer shocks in the rear, and the front forks raised through the trees. And my 88 883 to 1200 Buell xb12 conversion is on a Pauchgo rigid frame with 35° rake with the original factory front forks. It sits extremely low, and looks amazing. I did have to compromise on clearance, but that bike is a blast to ride. Extreme cornering is the only real concern, and I've never had any real issues with cornering. I really like the direction that this bike project is heading. Great job!!!

When I lowered my front, since it was only a few inches, I just loosened the triple clamp, slid them up and retightened.

Thank you for making this. Very informative. I need to do the same thing to may Harley project. This really helps. I'm using a custom narrow glide with 41mm forks. Using a dished Suzuki brake disc, inverted with the mounting holes counter sunk and the fork leg slightly shaved for clearance.

Very humble man, hope all works out for you..Dig the bike too!

really enjoyed this video as it will help me lower my front end, picked up a Honda 80' CM400 dirt cheap and have already started to make it a bobber, fabricated my own hardtail while still utilizing the existing swingarm. However I still am not pleased with the overall bike height. I plan to do a 2" fork drop and, will be relocating the swingarm pivot bolt/tube perhaps an 1-1/2" higher in the main frame, thus dropping the bike lower to the ground, will have to reangle the hardtail side supports that are currently only tacked. I see all kinds of mods using struts but that's not what I want, trying to be original here with the fabrication...anyways thanks for sharing this fork drop video, much appreciated :)

Hope all is good here! Those electrical jobs are NO JOKE

Not sure I agree with where you cut the spring...the end with the coils closer together is responsible for progressive dampening effects..in other words it's the business end if the spring...not sure how that cut will affect that purpose..would seem wise to cut the opposite end with wider coils which is more just stock spring more mainly responsible for ride height

Awesome stuff, love the relatable, simple content!

Awesome work enjoyed your video big time!

Wow great content, just what I was waiting for, thanks!

Thank you so much, these videos are very helpful!

Você é fera, parabéns!

Thx I have learned a lot.

This has been my favorite build series on KZfaq. Are there any plans to paint/powdercoat the frame? Or possibly relocate the foot controls a few inches forward?, being a smaller bike that had the seat height lowered (hardtail conversion and springer seat) I can see it feeling a bit cramped

Onya man. Lovin this.

Dig your videos! Keep up the good work.

The sealing washer on the Allen bolt is COPPER -designed that way so the soft copper seals against the soft alloy fork leg without damaging it,BRASS is harder and will struggle to seal the bolt to the alloy without damage.

That makeshift Allen wrench is fucking brilliant.

Great video. New subscriber

Nice! But I would have cut off the bottom where is less progressive and just put the spring upside down for better a little stiffer dampening for not bottom out every pothole 👍

That bolt trick sure does beat spending $25 on an allen head!

Great video, just what I needed. Weird question; what's the song at the beginning??

Good stuff👍🏻👍🏻

U ARE GRATE MAN.

Pro work👌

That's what it is all about ! CHOP CHOP CHOP. !!

Love!!!

Awesome

Question- wondering, as it looks like it’s a small little bobber unit, & probably not too good for taller riders as myself (just to gauge), how tall are you man? Give a gauge when it’s built & you finally sit on it to compare for persons. Of course it’s too soon to tell, but wondering just for wondering. Cheers, man. Hope the chaos has subsided a little bit. M in Sacto.

I guess you gonna get overheating problems with the regulator/rectifier as they need a flat contact surface with conduction paste inbetween the regulator and the frame. Normaly its moutend on a aluminium plate on the subframe that conducts the heat fast otherwise it burns out. maybe im wrong on this type of regulator but had this experience with a custom honda vfr750.

covering up those holes with spacers didn't affect dampening?

Does this idea work for my softail as well?

lowering front shocks a sudden brake Suspension Bottom Is there a collision?

How do you go back to stock ffs someone lowered my bike found out when I am trying to do fork seals

Is this the same for all traditional forks? Also, I'm a bit lost in how adding the 2" spacer makes the tube shorter! Help lol

You should cover the carbs before you drill holes right next to them...

Looking for your new video everyday

Glad to find this video, most info I can find is all buy new stuff b.s. I was going to try cutting and I h off my coils on my ultra classic, but didn’t know about the spacer needed on the damper. Is that part necessary?

What's up Bro???? Where you at??? Hope all is well!!!

2 1/2 in of travel is going to be a rough ride!

Did you also shorten the forn or just the spring. Just curious. Since i have a cb 650. Im trying to make a café racer of it

how does it ride after this mod?

so you got lesser rake for better turning

what does that do to your rake?

Please upload new vid bro... I need my fix

You should have gone with a Springer front end. Looks so much better for a bobber. Spoke wheels too

Looow riiiiider, BRAAAAP

Looks like this bike will be a rough ride, may be okay for short rides, but I could be wrong.

Can you get away with not making those internal spacers? Whats their main purpose?

It went together easily in less than an hour. kzfaq.infoUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Make sure the front fork is forward or the pedals will hit the front tire. Tires are both a little soft so it needs air before I ride it. The rear wheel didn't come with a clamp regular bolts hold it on. The front had the clamp. No scratches out of box. Rims are a little off with a slight wobble. They could have spent more time with the spoke tool fixing the run out. So far out of the box I'm happy with it. I did replace the pedals with a nice aftermarket set. After riding it a bit my A$$ is a bit sore so I ordered another seat. Overall I'm nearly 60 and didn't ride a bike in 30 years. I like my new 29" Schwinn. It will be used for casual rides with my friend.

One question... Does this shortened the height of the bike??? I am a short guy i am planning of lowering my bike .... Let me know sir.

M-Unit would have fixed all your wiring issues, but they're darn expensive

can you lower the rear the same?

swarf flying everywhere, and open carbs !!!

What exactly did you do to lower it I don’t understand

People complaining about the bikes performance after lowering it. It’s a bobber not a sport bike the fuck it handles like shit anyways who cares

pvc pipe as a spacer ?? pvc degrades in oil over time

Looking for signs of professionalism here. Cuts & files the PVC tube before checking whether it fits inside the fork tube. Cuts the springs without calculating the revised spring rate, and without calculating how much it changes the rake & trail.

You are LOWERING the bike. "Shortening the forks" requires shorter tubes or cutting them and rewelding/chroming.

normal human NOT cut shorten ,lot better make longer fork.

No offense, but this guy looks too intimidating for a DIY video

Dude DAMPING you are controlling oil flow. Not DAMPENING you are not making things wetter! Please ... terminology must be correct!.

6 month and still not finished get a real job man