FF: Forks Showa Forks ? moved Front cylinder cooler thread

[ericg]

Blimey! £250 + vat! you could get a jetted set of Mikuni VM28 carbs for that and never worry again....

Fit a pair of Showa forks from a Suzuki or whatever and you'll never worry again with tank slappers because it's much better than a Girdraulic.

 

[vibrac]

Fit a pair of Showa forks from a Suzuki or whatever and you'll never worry again with tank slappers because it's much better than a Girdraulic.

I don't worry about tank slappers as I have fitted a hydraulic steering damper and I have one of the new steering heads on order
Of course it wont be standard so it wont command top dollar but as I am keeping it and riding it till I cant any longer who cares? (and when I am gone my son knows where the Amals are stashed if he wants to sell it rather than ride it)

 

[Bill Thomas]

Fit a pair of Showa forks from a Suzuki or whatever and you'll never worry again with tank slappers because it's much better than a Girdraulic.

You are right, But I could only afford Norton Forks ! In 1975, But here I am 40 years later, Building a Bike with Girdraulic Forks, I must be MAD !!. Cheers Bill.

 

[clevtrev]

MAD, would that be Mutually Assured Destruction ?

 

[Bill Thomas]

MAD, would that be Mutually Assured Destruction ?

You have lost me again Trev, Too Deep for me. Cheers Bill.

 

[davidd]

I hope we all know how to make the Girdraulics work better by now. I like the GSXR front end. Here is Sean Dwyer's bike at British Bike Day in MD. this year. It won a technical merit award, although he has not finished it quite yet.

David

 

[Martyn Goodwin]

I don't worry about tank slappers as I have fitted a hydraulic steering damper and I have one of the new steering heads on order
Of course it wont be standard so it wont command top dollar but as I am keeping it and riding it till I cant any longer who cares? (and when I am gone my son knows where the Amals are stashed if he wants to sell it rather than ride it)

Its not difficult to go back to the original carbs, steering head, shocks n springs, n steering damper if you want to restore the 'value' prior to sale. It's what I intend to do when the time comes!

 

[vibrac]

Leave assembly instructions in your will but it would be nice to stay in the family and be ridden not displayed