dropped out spring?

[Blunderbuss pirate]

Ok its prob gonna be a really easy answer but i've seen so old skool 80s bikes with the spring on the forks taken out to give it a rake.
has anyone done this? i tried it but the 45 degree er thingy mijig don't line up to put a bolt back though.
do you just use a 90 degree one of is there a different way??

 

[stretch]

i dont think they put the bolt back in, i think they just tighten down the bolt that holds the arms onto the steer tube.

 

[ratina]

Ive seen some people put the spring on the outside and bolt it on. On my bike when I did that I just took the spring out and left the bolt out as well

 

[user 135]

Try to PM Poppawheelie viewtopic.php?f=1&t=83

 

[Von Stans]

i made a 4 inch spacer to drop my fork down.... and i found it worked really well...

 

[bits n pieces]

The lowrider sites sell extensions like the one made above. I take out the spring and find a shorter bolt to bolt the front of the fork to the little piece that goes on the steering tube. It dont let it flex and i had to put the bolt in it before i put it all back together.Im not that technical. Ita doo dads and thingy things with me!lol!

 

[Von Stans]

ya i made mine cause they wanted like $30 for though's extensions...

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

yea see the bikes id seen all have the springs on the outside too. but i cant seem to get the spring plate to sit flush with the headset piece. it looks like the turn it upside down so the 45 degree angle faces up,
hummm i might have to go have another play. i wanted to try and use traditional methods to build a real early 90s style custom job.

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

Try to PM Poppawheelie viewtopic.php?f=1&t=83

see my spring plate dont seem to face up. it always faces at a 90 degree angle, is there something im missing

 

[Markm]

not missing anything...I tried with the same results. You can loosen the spring plate/strut bolts and get a little movement, but I couldnt get 'em to line up...even with the headset piece flipped...

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

not missing anything...I tried with the same results. You can loosen the spring plate/strut bolts and get a little movement, but I couldnt get 'em to line up...even with the headset piece flipped...

so its not just me then lol

thought i was just being retarded.

ive seen it on loads of bikes and all i can think is that older forks had more movement on the spring plate cos on the bikes ive seen it angles up 45 degree.

 

[beatcad]

i used a motorcycle seat spring. it's only about 3 inches tall. it's not super low. just dropped a little.
i've got the other one in a box somewhere if ya wanna try that. lemme know and you can have it for a couple bucks(just to cover mailing)
and you have to go to the hardware store and get a shorter bolt.

 

[Anonymous]

NICE^^

 

[Anonymous]

Heres a way to drop that front end a little...

http://cgi.ebay.com/schwinn-bicycle-ver ... 240%3A1318

 

[Blunderbuss pirate]

haha great if you only wanna go straight lol

 

[N8NBOX]

haha....just have to lean really hard in the turns or kind of wheelie a bit and pull it around corners...all the cool kids ride that way.

 

[Anonymous]

I just got another Bratz bike.This one will be a full blown Radical Lowrider.

If you flip the springer up over the head tube and spin the "crown nut" from front to back,it will bolt back together.

It steers a little bit,but it looks real cool!

I had to cut about 3" off the kickstand to make it work...its a little nub now. :mrgreen: