Firstly, heres my intro thread. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=17721 You can find earlier pics of this bike there.
I just finished doing a "OCC stingray triple tree" retro-fit. I started by installing them as is, which was pretty easy cause the steerer tube was already 1 1/8", lucky! It had HORRIBLE geometry (which I had already figured), having the "fake-rake" built into the triple tree brackets mad it flop like a wet noodle... I found fidgiter's build thread; viewtopic.php?f=21&t=17279 which had a similar idea and had hoped his had solved the flop problem, he shortened his tubes, but it didn't help much I guess... SO extreme measures were taken to correct it. I cut and rewelded the triple tree clamps to eliminate the "fake-rake", and also shortened the the tubes by 6.5", I am quite happy with the results and it makes the bike rideable again, this mod has corrected the flop by about 95%+, which I believe is very good. It only took about 7hours total to accomplish this...
but doing it once was important.
I wish the new seat was black... but you do what you can...
Heres the pics...
from this,
to this,
quite dramatic if you ask me.
I just finished doing a "OCC stingray triple tree" retro-fit. I started by installing them as is, which was pretty easy cause the steerer tube was already 1 1/8", lucky! It had HORRIBLE geometry (which I had already figured), having the "fake-rake" built into the triple tree brackets mad it flop like a wet noodle... I found fidgiter's build thread; viewtopic.php?f=21&t=17279 which had a similar idea and had hoped his had solved the flop problem, he shortened his tubes, but it didn't help much I guess... SO extreme measures were taken to correct it. I cut and rewelded the triple tree clamps to eliminate the "fake-rake", and also shortened the the tubes by 6.5", I am quite happy with the results and it makes the bike rideable again, this mod has corrected the flop by about 95%+, which I believe is very good. It only took about 7hours total to accomplish this...
I wish the new seat was black... but you do what you can...
Heres the pics...
from this,
![IMG_0371.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/32b/32bdd4fc61110e1c1fc4d36c3e751478.jpg)
![IMG_0372.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/300/30001b5867c78d2ea9240ed5a4d8c971.jpg)
to this,
![021.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/64e/64e0b6c0abdc92d80b529ebbb787cebe.jpg)
![022.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/240/24045efc74e3905f53b2e43f7690fdd6.jpg)
![023.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/365/3656a8d3249a66434800b2ff58ed84c5.jpg)
quite dramatic if you ask me.