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k, now we are starting to get somewhere in the FXR build. While you were away, we got the engine torn down, a bunch of it out to powder coating and as I sit here writing this it sits ready for reassembly, but that’s a story for the next issue. This issue is all about the forks. Now, at heart I am a chopper kid and will be for life. In that, there are a few tendencies that carry over no matter what style of bike I’m building and first and foremost is frugality. Yessir, I am as cheap as the day is long and if I can get something free or damn close to it, even if it needs a little TLC, well sir, I’m in! So, when it came time to talk about the front suspension for this build, of course the choices out there from the bazillion dollar high end manufacturers came up but I chose to stick with an
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old favorite, the GSXR. These bikes have always had far superior suspension than the Harleys and for a fraction of the price. If you happen to find one on the used market like I
did, a quick $300 will get you a great set of forks for a build like this. Only thing you have to do is have a neck stem machined, and most likely put new seals in it. For that I enlisted an Ohlin’s
