what the fork angle should be for a ATC90/Joker frame

[86trizinger]

I am trying to assemble my Joker frame little but little here. It has a suspension front end on it. Right now I am running a a stock size front tire and 18x9.5x8 rear tires.. With the forks it sits high in the front but not too bad.. But I did notice the front fork angle is about 30 deg. I was thinking with a smaller tire I should be able to get it closer to 25 deg.

I plan on doing trail riding basically but I want it to be good all around. Any opinions would be great.

[shortline10]

Cant you just slide the fork tubes down in the tripples till it looks good and handles right .

[86trizinger]

Yeah I was working with that.. Looks a little strange though with 2" sticking out of the top of the triples. But that would work for now if I can't get a shorter front tire.

[Vealmonkey]

A shorter front tire won't change the angle of the rake which is measured from the trikes frame, it will just bring the front end down a litte, but the rake will still be the same.

[86trizinger]

Actually a smaller tire will not work for the front like I wanted.. I would need to go with a 18" front tire to get a better fork angle.. It looks a bit funny that way.. but a closer to stock tire in the rear does help some. I will try and get some pics how it is sitting and get some opinions tomorrow.