Girder fork, Hmmmmmm, now what?

[Walker]

Picked this up over the summer. I was told it was pulled from a AJS motorcycle. I'm guessing 1920's-1930's? Fits a 26" wheel perfect. I was going to use it on the current boardtracker project but the headtube on that bike is too tall, need a bike with a 7" tube to allow the linkage to work properly.

A local machine shop made the lower link piece for me, once I come up with a suitable frame I'll make a steerer tube for it.

 

[Markm]

Sweet!!!!!!

 

[blackcruzer]

Wow, That a cool looking fork. I wondered what that came off of? They really made some cool bikes back then.

 

[Road Master]

That is HOT!!!

 

[SSG]

It could be CZ/JAWA or James. Those are little 125cc bikes, so the forks are smaller and lighter than your typical motorcycle.

 

[LIVE TO RIDE]

How did this turnout!!??That fork is rad!!

 

[rico]

you were not kiding Hmmmmmm nice fork :!:

love to see how it work's and on a bike 8)

 

[62hotrod]

yes that it a cool springer it looks a lot like my german made rixie tandem springer front end i bought this bike just for the springer to make a rad looking rat rod but the old bike rides so good and gets some big time looks its hard to part it out maybe one day

 

[rico]

Hey Guys :!:

it will be nice to see closer photo shot's of those fork's

they realy look way different :!:

 

[LIVE TO RIDE]

bro that tandem needs a engine!!HAHA that thing is rad!!

 

[stretch]

awesome fork man. really cool.

 

[ej599]

Thats pretty cool. Are the two sides fabbed like pans (flat sheet metal with a perimeter lip bent all the way around) ? If you could post some more pics that would be great. I've been designing this style fork in my head and I may try to build one.

Some closeups of that tandem fork would also be a help.

Thanks!

 

[kingfish254]

Did you use this cool fork on a build?

 

[Walker]

wow kingfish, you're dredging up an oldie. I cant believe it's been so long since I picked up that fork. Other than working up some conceptual sketches I haven't put the fork to good use. I have one pedal powered and one motorized sketch, maybe one rainy day I'll get around to some of my more involved builds but they will both be requiring a jig and some tubing bending. The shop is a bit cramped for space and while I have access to a friends machine shop the projects still remain just paper space...