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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Modified Steering Stem
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 79192" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>On the series "D" I worked on before Christmas, I found the front end to be quite soft in it's action when pushing up and down on the bars in the workshop, pretty normal I would think for that model of Vincent, and out on the road it handled very nicely giving a good comfortable ride over the bumps and undulations of the road. When I hit the front brakes quite hard, the front end definitely stiffened up and would only rise or change in movement over the heavier bumps in the road surface. The change to the new stem changes this quite dramatically especially with the lower link bushes replaced with sealed bearings. The race bike has the largest four leading shoe front brake I can legally run, and I have hit it probably as hard as I can into near full stop corners and the front end has never bottomed out, and it has never looked like shaking it's head either. It is the ability for the wheelbase to shorten when in use that is the difference from the stock set up to the new stem design. There is no loss in ride height or travel........with longer rear suspension, I had to extend my side stand by 35 mm to allow the bike to sit at the same angle it was before the suspension upgrades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 79192, member: 597"] On the series "D" I worked on before Christmas, I found the front end to be quite soft in it's action when pushing up and down on the bars in the workshop, pretty normal I would think for that model of Vincent, and out on the road it handled very nicely giving a good comfortable ride over the bumps and undulations of the road. When I hit the front brakes quite hard, the front end definitely stiffened up and would only rise or change in movement over the heavier bumps in the road surface. The change to the new stem changes this quite dramatically especially with the lower link bushes replaced with sealed bearings. The race bike has the largest four leading shoe front brake I can legally run, and I have hit it probably as hard as I can into near full stop corners and the front end has never bottomed out, and it has never looked like shaking it's head either. It is the ability for the wheelbase to shorten when in use that is the difference from the stock set up to the new stem design. There is no loss in ride height or travel........with longer rear suspension, I had to extend my side stand by 35 mm to allow the bike to sit at the same angle it was before the suspension upgrades. [/QUOTE]
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