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You can alter the trail simply by swapping them over, put the axle ahead of, or behind, the forks. I see you have raked yokes as well, or is it just the photo?
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Yeah just need to swap them over left to right I think as the caliper mount looks to me like it should be on the right hand not the left but I'll look more into that at some point. No the yokes are just normal I didnt have them tight in that photo. This is more how they would actually sit
My kz750 had pitted stanchions, i had no ide what they were from. They needed to be oversize as well. A bit of research, and I bought a pair of used xt500 forks, stripped out the stanchions, modified the ally tubes to take them and suprise, they worked well.
Learnt a bit about old style bike shocks - it's a wonder they work at all considering what's in them.
Agree that the angle of rake will reduce the plunge distance - stiction is only part of it - maths plays a part too. You'll be lucky not to get head wobble though.
Learnt a bit about old style bike shocks - it's a wonder they work at all considering what's in them.
Agree that the angle of rake will reduce the plunge distance - stiction is only part of it - maths plays a part too. You'll be lucky not to get head wobble though.
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Shifting the axle to the front of the fork legs should decrease the trail and improve the handling, a bit. It’ll also lower the front end an inch or two.
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This is a cheapish steering damper, far cheaper than bike ones. Old VW beetle ones.
https://www.gsfcarparts.com/431vg00...MIs66lvdeA6gIViMmyCh1hhAPtEAQYAyABEgIWi_D_BwE
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It looks pretty cool with that seat frame on. Going to be a rough ride with that skinny seat on and no suspension. 
Mind you, you'll probably only need about 5psi in them big tyres, which should help, a little.
Have you checked the axle housing for straightness, after that welding? Every time I've welded one it's been pulled quite a bit out.
A couple of runs of weld in the right place pulled it back.
Mind you, you'll probably only need about 5psi in them big tyres, which should help, a little.Have you checked the axle housing for straightness, after that welding? Every time I've welded one it's been pulled quite a bit out.
A couple of runs of weld in the right place pulled it back.
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Welcome aboard
, this is a good place to be. Were you and your Dad building commercially?
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Not really but he used to get bored really fast so always seemed to be building one the only one he kept for a while was a vmaxWelcome aboard
I'm the same with the chops I build them then get bored when they are finished I'm just finishing this one at min but it will be for sale it's not big enough
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Just for info - I ended up inserting stiffening struts under the seat, behind the headers, in the bottom of the rear frame and under the seat. All to reduce frame flex, I was suprised how much I had. Flex is bad, will make head shake worse.
Just added some pics - sorry, I had deleted my copies. The crossmember behind the engine doesn't show very well.
It looks pretty cool with that seat frame on. Going to be a rough ride with that skinny seat on and no suspension.
Have you checked the axle housing for straightness, after that welding? Every time I've welded one it's been pulled quite a bit out.
A couple of runs of weld in the right place pulled it back.
Cheers mate I get a bit of an idea of how I want things to look then just go from there had the other half sat up behind me on it to test it out and it works out just right for rear foot rests too! . Yeah the axle is good surprisingly although I bolted it all into the frame before welding the left it like that until it cooled so it all stayed true ! I have noticed my seat hoop has warped ever so slightly wlist doing the top welds so I'm going to have to fettle it before doing the bottom ! And yeah was looking around 10 ish psi but see how it all is
Yeah I will be adding gussets like you have done at some point although not thought about it near the headers that could be an idea too!
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Holy thread resurrection, Batman.
Just googling for trike forks info, and this thread came up. The Vortec 350 did indeed get pressed into use.
I'll probably swap out the plywood yokes for something more suitable, if the need arises.
