Forks by Frank

[atc300r]

I had Forks by Frank make me a set of 86-87 Tecate fork tubes.4 week turn around.The tubes look great great guys to talk to on phone.Price is nice aswell.

[oldskool83]

I had Forks by Frank make me a set of 86-87 Tecate fork tubes.4 week turn around.The tubes look great great guys to talk to on phone.Price is nice aswell.

I tried to all them about 200x fork tubes for months, calls emails etc left messages no one every got back to me.

[ATC King]

Thanks for sharing they're still in business.


It looks like the company changed hands in 2019. The current owner is said to have been a long time customer of the original owner, then worked for him a little, eventually taking ownership after the original owner passed away.

The first page that pops up after a search looks like it's defunct. It list the business in Illinois, the original location, and of course, a different phone number. Now it looks like it's in Mississippi. The new website doesn't come up at the top of a search, a more precise search is needed.

https://www.franksforks.com/

Internet search engines have become just about useless. Whatever al gore rhythms or eh eye they're using is garbage. Lots of politics, corporate prominence, and pop culture is inserted now. A person really has to polish up on their search operations to find what (they | want).

[atc300r]

The phone number listed in your link is the one I Called.and the address is also on my invoice.I think they are in Mississippi.

[ATC King]

Somehow I missed the phone number is the same on the old and new website.

I was just looking over the old one, seeing if maybe it had any issues, like possibly for phishing. Sometimes those old page formats are stolen/recreated for that purpose. There's been some that use old ebay listings and have a contact form to gather personal info.

I guess the old one is still legit, but if someone is more savvy they could look into the contact form, to see if that's still functional, as in linked to a legitimate, US, current email. Just saying, in case that's where most people land and they're having an issue contacting anyone. Of everything I've seen so far, I've yet to see the current website linked or listed and don't understand why.

That's all I have to add. I'm trying to make a memory of it in case I want to contact them, because I forget about a lot of the older, smaller, businesses I haven't used, contacted, or looked at in a while.

[99gsxr750]

Glad to hear that because I need them to make me a set for my 1st gen tecate

[ICS Vortex]

I had Forks by Frank make me a set of 86-87 Tecate fork tubes.4 week turn around.The tubes look great great guys to talk to on phone.Price is nice aswell.

Can you provide any insight on what it cost to have them made? I contacted them months ago about having some made for my 87 Big Red 250ES but never heard anything back.

[atc300r]

I paid $405 shipped.The Big Red tubes might be cheaper.

[ICS Vortex]

I paid $405 shipped.The Big Red tubes might be cheaper.

That's definitely a reasonable price, considering I can't seem to find a good set anywhere for less than that, even as a complete front end setup. Did you actually get to speak with someone when you called or did you have to leave a voicemail? If you left a voicemail, how long before they got back in touch with you? I had tried to contact them a while back but was unsuccessful.

[86T3]

I've talked with the owner probably 8 times over the last 2 years. I just call the number on the web page and he picks up, never had to leave a message. I have an 82 kx 80 that has a 1 year only fork which is also a wierd size that we've been trying to troubleshoot

[atc300r]

That's definitely a reasonable price, considering I can't seem to find a good set anywhere for less than that, even as a complete front end setup. Did you actually get to speak with someone when you called or did you have to leave a voicemail? If you left a voicemail, how long before they got back in touch with you? I had tried to contact them a while back but was unsuccessful.

He answered the first time I called.We spoke for about 20 minutes.I told him what I needed.Hes very knowledgeable.