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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="John Jones" data-source="post: 34596" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p style="margin-left: 20px">Hi Little Honda.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The forks are manx but to increase the strength and take the extra weight of the Vincent engine, we put in both internal and external springs.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Then Dave the guy who did the work for me pushed the forks up and down and we shortened the inner springs until it felt just right.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">When first riding on the road the forks would occasionally top out if I went over a hole or the front went light so we took another 10mm off the inner spring length and now it is perfect.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">You can also make the internal springs shorter and then turn packers to fit under the fork top nuts pressing on the springs. These can then be adjusted in length to get your preload just right.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The rear hub is manx magnesium from the 1950s . I wanted to use a rod instead of a cable so Dave concocted a neat crossover mechanism through the rear engine swingarm mount (which had not been cut off).</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Jones, post: 34596, member: 1150"] [INDENT]Hi Little Honda. [/INDENT] [INDENT]The forks are manx but to increase the strength and take the extra weight of the Vincent engine, we put in both internal and external springs. [/INDENT] [INDENT]Then Dave the guy who did the work for me pushed the forks up and down and we shortened the inner springs until it felt just right. [/INDENT] [INDENT]When first riding on the road the forks would occasionally top out if I went over a hole or the front went light so we took another 10mm off the inner spring length and now it is perfect. [/INDENT] [INDENT]You can also make the internal springs shorter and then turn packers to fit under the fork top nuts pressing on the springs. These can then be adjusted in length to get your preload just right. [/INDENT] [INDENT]The rear hub is manx magnesium from the 1950s . I wanted to use a rod instead of a cable so Dave concocted a neat crossover mechanism through the rear engine swingarm mount (which had not been cut off). [/INDENT] [INDENT] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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