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If you like the finish on it as a piece, why decide now?

These days there ought to be more choice for long forks shirley? Some cruisers have long usd forks with radial mounts. Ktm have some long forks with seemingly reasonable travel?

Photo de problem?

I’d go for penetrating oil. Conical shape should be excellent in this case. Could you pressurise it to blow it out once it’s lubed loose? Had an recessed airscrew giving problems. Kept it wet for days and kept trying. Took a while but got it out. Lube it from both the front and the back (fnarr)

Forks bend too so make sure you have a little extra. If need be try fit something soft that wears very easy so you can verify the room required.

That e-marked might be gold soon..

In Japan they make these:

Generally shorter load path means stiffer. By load path meaning the headstock to the swingarm pivot. The beams are further apart which probably helps as well.

When I'm putting forks together I like to keep the finish nice. And yokes tend to be tight. What I do is block the groove. Then screw a bolt in from the wrong end (yoke permitting) and gently push against that blockage. This way the yoke can be opened ever so slightly. This makes it much easier to install the leg. Keep it tight enough and it'll still hold the leg when you run of for beer/tea/tools etc. Obviously if you overdo it then pang, yoke ruined. So be warned y'all.

You been listening to your better half there haven't you..

That's a thing of beauty! That's a extortionate amount of time to look for one part!

Made me larf that did, thanks

Speaking of Efe's.. what happened with the supermegaposh spec?

Agreed, that'll never look right if the rest of the bike is mostly GS1000. Kinda depends on what your cuppatea is when it comes to this. There are rwu mudguards that look pretty cool. ZX9R and Thunderspace spring to mind?

Betting on fireplace forks..

Old junk is what I prefer

Thanks for that

27? F me! you greedy bastard! Leave something for the rest will ye! You could open a museum!

Glad you got your hands on it and not some trader. Are you going to open a shop now, you got a fair few cool bikes now don't you?

Love these rarities.. looks sorted.. like it could have been a production bike!

I wish

Are we still talking about tools here?

Why would you not measure before fitting.. that ought to tell you everything you need to know?