Pick a course of action and triumph

14. fork off (well the lugs anyway)








 
  B4


 Here we have a R6 Yamaha fork leg (you guessed it another  ebay "bargain").
As front brakes are not used
the lugs are surplus unsprung weight. I dont want to be dragging these useless lumps around a race track all year they can be discarded.

Steady in vice and hack away at the freeloaders.

Shorn of lugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidy up in lathe. Did you know fork sliders are oval. No i didn't either.

Obviously time to do the other one now - must dash

1. flat track rickman triumph race build project.

In the 2013 season i have raced with the flat track uk race club. I have enjoyed every minute of it. To those of you not in the know it consists of up to 12 riders racing around a speedway track a minimum of 6 laps.  A gate start just as in speedway makes for interesting first corners. Front brakes are banned for obvious reasons and back brakes manditory essential for "backing it in".

My unillustrious first year was on a freebie (cheers neil) cagiva 600 river it served me well and let me find my feet and a modicum of confidence.