Vincent girdraulic forks

[dave1949]

None of the links work.

Not a nice thing to say about Girdraulics.

 

[medat727]

Did this a few years ago, was considering a Norvin using a Comet motor. The crux of the fitment was grinding down the outer bearing races to fit the Norton head. Had a friend tow me up to speed to check the handling, I seem to recall that it had a slight tendency to wheelbarrow, front end falling into the turn. I ended up procuring the bits to build a Grey Flash replica so the idea was abandoned but I did think it had an interesting look.

 

[clevtrev]

Really? Or is that just BS?

Both !

 

[highbury731]

Did this a few years ago, was considering a Norvin using a Comet motor. The crux of the fitment was grinding down the outer bearing races to fit the Norton head. Had a friend tow me up to speed to check the handling, I seem to recall that it had a slight tendency to wheelbarrow, front end falling into the turn. I ended up procuring the bits to build a Grey Flash replica so the idea was abandoned but I did think it had an interesting look.

The forks are way too long to give good steering. The front end is jacked up like a 'custom'.

 

[medat727]

You have to remember that the bike is missing quite a bit of weight which would lower its stance.