[High On Octane]

She's an oldie, '58, I have a single leading front drum.  May change it to a UCE disc front end one day.

[gashousegorilla]

  I'm liking the black bars and controls  Scottie !    I think the head light brackets would look good in black as well.    And maybe the top of the lower legs.... Right where you would have a dust boot , thinkin' that would match with the rear shocks ?  Bike looks great, and just thinking out loud.

[Mr.Mazza]

She's an oldie, '58, I have a single leading front drum.  May change it to a UCE disc front end one day.

I highly recommend putting a TLS or disk on he front Scottie, just for safetys sake, I've found even with a setup TLS going down winding hills becomes scary, I am putting a Electra front end onto my bike with disk. Going this path as apparently Electra front ends are slightly stronger so they handle the disk better.

[Craig McClure]

I am putting a Electra front end onto my bike with disk. Going this path as apparently Electra front ends are slightly stronger so they handle the disk better.

HI MR. MAZZA, While you are pulling down your Fork to replace it, as a favor, could you tell me IF the Front Fork Upper & Lower Clamps are the same dimensions as on the Electra forks?  Reason I ask is I would like to find a way to have an early type Friction Fork Damper adapted to my 2010 G5 (which I believe is the same fork as the Electra) but it has no hole through the center of the fork pinion. If the dimensions are the same I will be looking for an earlier Fork Tree. Only other option is to buy a spare new lower clamp & have the pinion Drilled at a machine shop. Thanks !
Merry Christmas, Craig

[High On Octane]

Craig - Were you aware that H's sold these?   

[Craig McClure]

Craig - Were you aware that H's sold these?   

THANKYOU - I will look into it !

[SteveThackery]

That steering damper - is it just a friction damper, or viscous?

[Craig McClure]

That steering damper - is it just a friction damper, or viscous?

It is a simple friction Damper, as used back in the day. They work very well, & obviously I miss them. They DO clear up some of the wobble many experience - of course they won't cure something that's out of whack.
   At cruising speed, I always preferred to dial in slightly stiffer steering. Once you've had that option - you'll miss it if its gone.

[sparklow]

Here is one made by a friend of mine to fit new Bonneville's. It's a lot less money. Wonder if it could be made to fit an RE?



Put "farley and ace.com" into your browser.

[ToesNose]

Picked mine up at the dealer.....BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!!!   

[NorEaster]

Toesnose
I like your taste in color choice!

[topdog29]

Did a 600km ride with a single stop for 30 min. Average Speed 50 to 70 kmph. Cheers!

[SteveThackery]

I'll tell you why I asked if it was friction or viscous: because last time I tried a friction one it made the bike do a slow roll as you were driving along.  Kind of like a very long, endless 'S' curve.  It would lean over (almost imperceptibly) one way, then the force on the steering would "unstick" the damper which let the steering go over to the other side, at which point it would stick again and the process would then repeat in the other direction.  Back and forth endlessly.  This happened back in the day on two completely different bikes - a Kawasaki Z1 and a Ducati single.

Has anyone else had that problem?

I can't understand how a friction damper can be of help, on the grounds that if it's loose enough not to cause roll it's too loose to dampen high speed wobbles.  (Hence why viscous ones are available, I guess.)

Obviously I must be wrong, though.  If anyone can enlighten me I'd be most grateful.

[wildbill]

looks a bit like mine!

[High On Octane]

I'll tell you why I asked if it was friction or viscous: because last time I tried a friction one it made the bike do a slow roll as you were driving along.  Kind of like a very long, endless 'S' curve.  It would lean over (almost imperceptibly) one way, then the force on the steering would "unstick" the damper which let the steering go over to the other side, at which point it would stick again and the process would then repeat in the other direction.  Back and forth endlessly.  This happened back in the day on two completely different bikes - a Kawasaki Z1 and a Ducati single.

Has anyone else had that problem?

I can't understand how a friction damper can be of help, on the grounds that if it's loose enough not to cause roll it's too loose to dampen high speed wobbles.  (Hence why viscous ones are available, I guess.)

Obviously I must be wrong, though.  If anyone can enlighten me I'd be most grateful.

I keep my damper very tight.  As in, about a 1/4-1/2 of a turn from from being completely bottomed out tight.  The only time it ever caused an issue was the very first time I went around the block, I didn't know what the damper was, so just tightened it.  I almost dropped the bike 3 times before I realized what I did.