#Girder front end for sportster drivers#

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#Girder front end for sportster drivers#

With all the torque of a traditional H-D motorcycle, but a top-end to rival the European and British bikes, the new Sportster S amplifies the point and squirt sensation. I just bought a low GIRDER and am hoping some of you more sophisticated chop drivers can give me some pics of your girder-led bikes. Harley has always made less seem like more, and have been churning out bikes with sub-100bhp power outputs for years that can still raise a grin on a twisty B-road. In reality, on these roads, in this 230kg form, 120bhp is more than ample. I asked a question to Harley-DavidsonвЂ™s engineers in an online Q&A the other week around the restriction in the engine and why they gave the new cruiser 120bhp when Revolution Max 1250 is capable of 150bhp. With the rain subsiding to leave us with low-level north English drizzle (if thatвЂ™s a thing!), I flick the bike into Sport mode to get a feel for the new 1250T engine. He has guys riding around on bikes with less than 2' of trail and they love them.Д«uilding one yourself is not that big of an endeavor if your handy.Heading out of central Manchester we pick up the A628 and up into the Peak District. He will take all the measurements that you give him and build it custom to your bike. He does awsome work and his narrow version is tight and kickass. Then you have Jaxons ISG fork which is an improved version of the Harmon spirder. Gambler makes girders buy I don't know how well that company is operating since it change of ownership. &0183 &32 As the opposite, with a Glide or Hydraulic front end you know that a change in rake and length from stock dimensions and geometry can seriously alter suspension performance. Some of the nicest looking girders are made by George Counes at Spartan Frameworks,$2,100 raw. With a little time on the drawing board you might be able to find a girder off the shelf that will work for the trail numbers you want. On my bike the rake is at 42 and the main leg of my girder is right around 43.

If you have flop then you want to reduce trail and off the shelf girders have little room to shorten the links. John Doran's Low Life custom motorcycle may be green, but this 2002 Harley-Davidson Sportster-based rigid chopper with an Executive Choppers girder front end has more class in its flaked custom paint job than some fine-art galleries have on all their walls. Changing the connecting links only does minor changes in the trail numbers. Girder forks are ideal for greater rake angles and situations where longer fork length is required. The connecting links are typically around 4.25' long. &0183 &32 Because the front axle is mounted on rigid forks allowances for wheel travel do not have to be factored into hardware mounting, unlike that of the springer forks. In my personal opinion a good functioning girder should be custom built for a specific bike.