bit the bullet. . .kind of

[snydur]

this is my drawing/mock up of a motored bike i am going to build. so far i have most of the big parts
-relaced Elgin wheelset with newer hubs and spokes
-clinton side shaft engine (needs a little work but i have it unfrozen and mostly rebuilt)
-two donor frames (instead of curved rear forks theyre straight)
-dropped bars and stem
- two sets of tires, still probably going to change to a thick brick or something wider
- and a NOS glass bowl gas filter
heck i have half the bike!
now heres where im sort of one the fence, i could either keep a normal fork with a beefy truss rod as i did in the picture up above, orrrrr go to a triple tree fork i have.
the triple tree will be very short , wrapped in friction tape, with the handles on the forks themselves.
so which do you think would look better on a bike like this? triples or normal. maybe triple with truss rods? i just need some opinions and a third party haha
thanks!

 

[Walker]

how about a tripple clamp with truss rods...

 

[sensor]

dont go with triple trees...they look okay...but they arent authentic to that style of bike(its really not that hard to make forks that will look correct and hold up to a motor shaking them around)...just my thoughts though...it is your bike so what i typed really doesnt matter :wink:
looking forward too seeing the build thread!

 

[Walker]

How about an Earles fork

 

[socal_jack]

If you use a triple tree, maybe Hooch's Forq idea would work

 

[snydur]

well this kind of settled it for me, cant really say where i got them from :roll: but they were free. one side has good suspension the other is. . .well its not there. not sure whether i will keep the suspension or cut them out and make it ridgid. not sure exacly what this is off of. but my uncle said it is probably earlier than i think

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Here's a little inspiration for you.

Look at this fork