The offset difference in the triple clamps themselves is fixed. It'd be pretty bloody hard to make that, and the angle of the fork holes adjustable.Originally Posted by GSVR
Ta
The offset difference in the triple clamps themselves is fixed. It'd be pretty bloody hard to make that, and the angle of the fork holes adjustable.
Ta
...Or not...
Old Man
Yeah Glen had a set of those on the SV right Glen?
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A guy made an adjustable rake bearing set for a hawk a while ago, looked fooking expensive but mechanically sound from memory, can possibly dig it out if it would be of interest. Basically it just offset the stem angle from the headstock; which sounds like what a raked triple tree would do anyway?
Don't think that is adjustable rake...
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Old Man
These only allow for parallel offset.
KB Chief Cat Herder
This looks useful
http://www.eurocomponentsusa.com/_fi...structions.pdf
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Old Man
One thing a raked triple tree may achieve is less dive under braking and less stiction when cornering!
Ta
Makes it clear as to why too. Puts the contact patch on the right side of things.
Old Man
Now thats the adjustable ones. Picture will explain what many words wont.
Pretty crappy and look like for old bikes.Just saw bottom of page Choppers!
Roadracing the forks are made steeper than the steering head rake.
Will have to do a drawing maybe
Re(tarder)
as far as i am aware almost no modern racing bikes use raked trees, except when making something unique.
i had a set (iceparts) on my SXV when i first started racing it. They worked remarkably well.
Most adjustable triples are for offset (trail only) as this is the only figure that really matters, that you can adjust within practical limits using various inserts. The raked triples merely machine the steering stem in the inserts to be at an angle to the pockets in the triples that the inserts fit.
A change in the rake angle using raked triples is a massive change as the rake angle on the bike remains the same but the forks sit at an offset to this, making major changes possible to trail without too much modification. One big problem that in the dynamic case of a motorcycle steering the trail can vary quite significantly making raked triples very difficult to work with.
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Forum whore
Adjustable ones standard on my 1980 Bimota SB3, they're old hat
Ta
That's fuckin cool!
i'm motarded
not if you use different spacers top and bottom
Ta
They'd need to be angled as well as offset.
i'm motarded
not if you are a rough cunt.
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