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...
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.
