The Classic MotorCycle

A different fork

No matter how long you look at something, no matter how many times you turn it over or change the point where you measure it, you know a fork stanchion isn’t going to suddenly change from the size it is, to the size you want or need.

In this instance, it is the BSA forks I want to put on this Triumph project, which are stubbornly refusing to magically change to the size I need them to be.

Why do I want to put these alien forks on the front end of this Triumph? Well, there are two main reasons – first is the

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