Originally Posted by mstateglfr

So much to unpack here.

1- the fork is on backwards...sorta. The stanchion bridge should be on the front of the fork. But the brake mount studs and dropouts are facing the correct way. Odd setup, cant figure whats going on there and am not interested to look at the picture more to figure it out since there is so much more hot mess to address. Does the fork look bent because it should be turned the other way with the stanchions rotated?

2- the fork travel looks longer than what that frame is designed for. It may just be the picture, but it seems you need a lower suspension travel fork. Your front end is jacked up a bunch and the frame geometry looks super slack. With how jacked up the front end is, the fork being bent actually offsets the slackness.