Brain fork build

[AussieJester]

Oh by the way nobody here has any Idea what 30 is there. Its either real hot or a little below freezing...

30 ºC = 86 ºF Metric FTW Uncle Stretch this inches and Fahrenheit business is old school USA needs to join the rest of the world and update

KiM

[deorman]

Actually, Celsius is pretty easy to remember. Store dead fish in a bucket of zero, make your lobster scream in 100.

[Dorian]

Thats great your making one of those forks. I wrote to John Brain about making my own once but I eventually gave up and got a set of tripletrees. I thought the dropout connection sounded kinda simple and he said hes had springers with that set up working great for years and just readjusts them once in a while. He said people would write him asking him to make one for them, so he made the springer plans so they could make their own for cheap. He answered every question I had which was nice. I think those plans are like 6 years old. I think he said he made that
springer in 2 days or something, looks easy when he does it lol. I want to make my own set now, your project is inspiring me.

Dorian

[Uncle Stretch]

It really isnt that hard. There are a couple things that can be changed and makes it a little better. I havent finished mine yet because I was trying to finish that bike build,now I have company for a week . I will get it done though. Seemed pretty easy to me.

[MeanOldManMike]

I used 4 Chevy valve springs and tack welded them together for my fork. Grab the retainers when you get them then you don't need the freeze plugs.
I thought the fork was really heavy so I built a second one using the 5/8 tube for both tubes. I know you don't worry about weight on your bikes.
If you are going for a long fork then I could see the 1" tube. I wanted a more stock length.
I also went for a different look and used one large spring, Something for you to play with later after you finish the first one.

[Uncle Stretch]

I had thought about that one spring idea. I have a pretty good spring that came from a motorcycle shock ,that I was planning on using. I thought about the valve springs for the top rebound or maybe chrome seat springs. If you get a chance post us some pics of yours ..thanks Paul

[AussieJester]

You do know you can buy springs from bike shop for springer forks right Uncle Stretch?
$US6ea in chrome and gold chrome

KiM

[MeanOldManMike]

It's more fun to use the stuff you got and make it yourself. Buy, buy, buy that seems to be the American way.

[AussieJester]

aaaahhh yup yup your right ..i can see how 12 bucks for a couple of nice chrome springs made for the application at hand would break the bank my bad

KiM

[MeanOldManMike]

Twelve bucks could buy some other bike part that I don't have. You also have to remember that times are hard here these days. Someday we will get back to spending money faster than we can make it but till then we get by with what we have.

[Korporal]

Or some people just like building things.

[AussieJester]

Or some people just like building things.

uuuhm...hes building the entire fork ...you want him to get some spring steel and coil his own springs too?

Sorry, but sometimes money needs to be spent IMO, i don't see the point in saving a few dollars if the end result is inferior performance.

I'm using springs from a ChoppersUS springer on mine they work superb, the other option i tried resulted in super soft suspension
luckily the ChoppersUS springs were given too me but i would of gladly paid 20 bucks a piece if needed for the springs they
made that much difference to the forks performance...


KiM

[MeanOldManMike]

I thought the 4 chevy valve springs gave a nice ride. If you want to talk performance then I think the whole fork is way to heavy. That is why I went to 5/8 tubes for all four of the tubes to cut down on weight.
I hang my bikes and that is a chunk to lift to the garage ceiling. If you want pretty then buy the chrome.
This was my first fork attempt.
This is my second lighter fork with one spring.

[AussieJester]

Weights not a concern for me, my bikes a powered, i would never compromise strength to save weight, failure at 60km/hr could be very painful.

KiM

[buzzy]

i see your still at it,this is oh so nice