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Tips/Techniques Motorcycle fork build

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David

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Folks who are into motorcycles may know the name Tony Foale.
Here's a post of his from Hobby Machinist.

[How-To] - Making classic looking motorcycle forks - how to line bore.

I wanted some forks for my classic race bike. Cerianis were the go-to forks back in the 60s and 70s so I decided to make my own look-alikes. Here they are fitted to the bike. The 60s and 70s Cerianis were made in pieces and glued together, I followed the same method. The main part of these...
www.hobby-machinist.com
 
I don’t think I’d trust any homemade forks going down the highway let alone racing it!
 
Tony Foale is a person whose work and experiments and what sometimes seem to be weird ideas are well worth reading if you are in to motorcycles, for every one no.
Some of the things he has built and the way he has done it, may leave you head scratching. I sometimes think he may have contributed more to motorcycling then is generally acknowledged.
I was not awear he was on Hobby Machinist. More to read in my future.
 
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