Replace front suspension on my 97 Valkyrie

[muscrat]

Front suspension has had it's better day and time to replace it. Looking for advice on what to get and where to shop for it. Bike is apart and ready for replacement and sitting on my mechanics lift so in a bit of a rush. Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated.

[pokrovsky]

Traxxion dynamics is the best. I haven’t done it for my Valkyrie yet but have done it on two other bikes (cruisers). They are the best cartridges money can buy.  I’m not sure about turnaround time as I’ve done mine in not such a hurry.

[hubcapsc]

Unless your forks are bent, you can turn them into
really nice forks (better than new) by rebuilding
them with news seals and bushings and putting in
aftermarket springs like Progressive.

If you send your forks to Traxxion, they'll come back
with two nice machined cartridges in them. Stock, there's
only one inexpensively made cartridge.

-Mike

[..]

I had the forks rebuilt on my first Valkyrie

I had Progressives put in my ST1300

I had a new shock built for my KLR650

All the work done here.

http://motorcycleprocare.com/

[RonW]

I'd throw in some Progress springs and call it a day.

[rug_burn]

What do you do if your fork tubes are nicked?    Can you get entirely new forks (sounds expensive, doesn't it)?
   Mine have several nicks, the protruding parts of which I dressed down with a fine Arkansas stone, but what remains still cut the seals pretty quickly, to the point where they leak again within a month or two of rebuilding them.
   Anybody else have this issue to deal with?

[Alien]

I've toyed with the idea of putting a giant chrome HD springer on mine.  I have a lathe, a mill and a welder.  Anything will fit anything if I really want it to.  It's a disease.

Harley2-1024x683 by Scott Sapers, on Flickr

Ride Safe,

Alien

[hubcapsc]

Springer front end: for looks only 



-Mike

[Gnarly]

Springer front end: for looks only 



-Mike

^^^ what hubcapsc said. Really cool look, but....
I've only ridden 5 bikes with springer front ends, but in all cases: I was glad those bikes belonged to someone else. JMO. YMMV.

[Ricky-D]

What do you do if your fork tubes are nicked?    Can you get entirely new forks (sounds expensive, doesn't it)?
   Mine have several nicks, the protruding parts of which I dressed down with a fine Arkansas stone, but what remains still cut the seals pretty quickly, to the point where they leak again within a month or two of rebuilding them.
   Anybody else have this issue to deal with?

The shocks may leak (sure), they will leak until there's no more oil to leak, but that is not to say the are dry then. There's still a considerable amount of oil still in them.

Not only that (leaking to the end) but they will still work. The springs still work, the only thing is you may (not assured) lose the damping.

To "each his own".

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