Front Fork ?s

[tx_pilot]

OK, so I'm starting my first build and have a few questions...

I'm startin' to tear apart a Huffy MTB that I've picked up for my first build and I would like to swap out the front forks to a springer front end. This bike has 24" wheels and I haven't ran across any springer front ends for 24" wheels, only the 26"ers. I've ran across this fork but don't know if it would fit the huffy I have... http://www.piratecycles1.com/sunlite-sp ... studs.html

Maybe someone could help me out and shed some light on the sizing and fitment of the forks to different frames before I order something that won't work out for me in the end. - I hope I will be able to swap out the front end to a springer but if not... I'll fig something else out along the way.

Here are a few pics of the bike:

Original:

Now w/ the seat relocated:

 

[gcrank1]

Wow, now thats a set-back seatpost!
Is that fork on the bike a threadless or threaded steering stem? If its threadless, is it 1" or 1 18" OD? This info ill help determine your best replacement to order.
You have a lot of straight lines and triangles going on there, to kind of 'follow a theme' you might want to try not to mix curvey stuff and straight stuff (I know that gets real hard to do with round wheels, though).

 

[tx_pilot]

There are tons of straight lines... and I hope to keep going w/ the straight lines. I've taken the bars which are on it now and turned them to where the slight curve is more downward now and I'll be choppin' a couple of inches off the bar ends to shortin up the whole length of the bars overall. I hope to get the bike stripped down a lil' more this weekend along with removing all the org. paint and stickers for the most part.

This is my first run on a bike like this... So when I get to the house I'll take a look at the stem now that I know a little more of what to look for to determin what fork(s) I will be able to use.

 

[gcrank1]

I think you could make a real rad looking ride by emulating the leaf spring ( from out under the bottom of the fork crown) to a pair of support rods up from the axle. It would kind of balance the theme of the set-back seat and minimize the expense 'cause you still can use the existing fork. (But that just me, Its your ride )