Readers often ask about fork tube specifications. There are so many we've been in search of standard information to help builders understand what the hell they're working with. This information came from Rick Whitehead of Custom Cycle Engineering. As you will see below, they make and chrome any size you need.

"For over 30 years we have manufactured extension fork tubes. We start with DOM 1026 steel tubing that is ordered specially from a tubing mill," Rick explained. "Then we centerless grind the outside diameter to OEM specifications and machine the rest of the tube to exact ID specs. We buff the material to a mirror finish and chrome plate the final product to a show chrome finish. This is a product that we are very familiar with, plus we cover every Harley- Davidson fork tube model all the way back to 1949." CCE maintains a large inventory and offer sizes from 4 inches under stock FL to 20 inches over stock FL.

"When ordering please specify model and year," Rick pointed out. Hope this helps when trying to figure out how long the tubes need to be, for your next project.

--Bandit