Does anyone have a sugestion on springer forks. I have the original standard forks thinking of having them powder coated but would consider springer if was cheap enough. Will aftermarket work with the lights. Thanks for the help only been into this bike thing for a couple of weeks. I think the bike is 60 thru 63. Pics on my other post.
Flightliner springer forks? aftermarket?
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I think the schwinn and monark style springer forks wouldn't work with the headlights but not sure. What you need is a springer fork off a spaceliner. They are called a rat trap or spaceliner springer fork. Here is a set on one of my bikes.
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I flipped my Rat Trap on the Flatliner as well. Just have to swap the rockers left to right. Also mounted a Motorcycle headlight to the fork using an old speedo bracket. The light jumps a bit when it springs, but it isn't too bad.
SoonerCraft1958 said:
Like udall says you just have to swap them left to right. They don't seem to have much spring to them but I don't know how it compares to the stock version as I switched the rockers before mounting it on the bike. I thought about switching them back to see if gives it more spring but I like the way it looks now and that is what counts.
Very nice! I just picked up a SpaceLiner yesterday to use the fork on my Tandem project. I was thinking about doing exactly that before I saw this post, glad to see it works! Looks like it would be leveraged out the way you guys have it, compared to stock. I was bouncing all over my frame to see what kind of give it had. Not much! Should be better than nothing though.
Thanks for the input,
WillyB.
Thanks for the input,
WillyB.
They really don't move much, they just look cool! I'd say the Schwinn style moves the most, and Monark & CWC Shockmasters slightly less, but not as stiff as the rat trap. -AdamSoonerCraft1958 said:
