1972 Santee Shovelhead Rigid Frame

by Neville
(Sydney NSW Australia)

Rigid Shovelhead Frame

I am starting off with a 1972 santee shovelhead rigid frame with a rake of 36-38 degrees. Just wondering if any body can tell what length forks and style of forks to run with a 21 inch front wheel.

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Jul 01, 2012
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sporty
by: Anonymous

Mate, that is an Iron Head sporty frame. not a shovel.
Cheers

Apr 27, 2010
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Food for thought by a Rookie
by: GT

Just out of curiousity....... if that is the rear tire or atleast the same size rear tire height wise, and your frame has the neck fitted and welded to accomodate the angle you want already, then you might be able to mock the frame up with rear tire in place. Useing a string and a framing level, attatch a string line to the neck of the frame, raise by shimming front porting with blocks until the desired degree of rake angle is accomplished. Place a mark on the floor where the string hits at as a referance point. Assuming that you have the trees already mounted do the same with the string again. Anchor that string temporarily to the floor or have your friend hold it in place while you roll your front tire up beside that strind line to represent the height of the axle mounting hole on the forks. Then take the measurement. That should atleast give you a close ballpark figure close enough to ask the dealer from which you plan to purchase the forks from if you if your measurement is infact a legit front fork length and at the same time letting you figure your rake and trail parameters also. I would think that the trees would not have any additional rake to them since its already accounted for in the neck, so the distance of the marks on the floor should be the same as the distance of the holes in the neck and the trees on a center to center measurment. This is not info from a professional just somewhere to start and this info is comming from a guy that loves fabrication and welding buy never built a bike yet either. So make sure you explain to the dealer the approach you took to acheive your fork dimentions. Hope this helps.

Apr 26, 2010
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frame
by: Anonymous

first of all thats an ironhead or sportster frame not shovelhead

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