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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 02:20 PM

Title: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 02:20 PM: I`ve had this idea for a while ... I`ve got an old Firebird frame in the loft but the forks went missing years ago . I don`t expect to ever find any replacements so I thought why not make some ugly freestyle forks out of something easily available ?
I got these for free locally : NOS Raleigh Burner I believe , they are only steel but the bike won`t be ridden so they are ideal ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 02:22 PM: Right , let`s drill some holes ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 02:25 PM: No going back now ! I cut some tube and made a quick mock up .
This is the look I`m going for ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 02:28 PM: The finished pegs ... they are made from an old shop fitting I had kicking about .
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 02:36 PM: Okay , I`m happy with that . I welded up the holes in the dropouts ( they are going to get a bit of a reshape ) and tack welded the pegs to the forks just to check everything was working . A quick check with a test wheel as well ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 02:41 PM: That is as far as I got this weekend , if anyone is interested in this and wants to see more progress pics I will put some more up ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: factory pilot on February 18, 2019, 02:45 PM: Great work even if it’s little unorthodox :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: BMX1973 on February 18, 2019, 03:01 PM: Yes please, they look good so far :)
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: Taipan on February 18, 2019, 04:08 PM: Good skills there fella :daumenhoch: I thought you were gonna make some Dp forks from scratch for a minute there :shocked: I've actually seen some forks on a shopper bike or something that actually looked like the firebird forks until they got to the bottom where they bolted to the wheel? but with those skills you could maybe chop and change them,I'll try to find them :)
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: deeman on February 18, 2019, 05:13 PM: Keep it coming mate... :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 05:20 PM: Quote from: Taipan on February 18, 2019, 04:08 PM
Good skills there fella :daumenhoch: I thought you were gonna make some Dp forks from scratch for a minute there :shocked: I've actually seen some forks on a shopper bike or something that actually looked like the firebird forks until they got to the bottom where they bolted to the wheel? but with those skills you could maybe chop and change them,I'll try to find them :)
Definitely mate . I`ve also got an 85 GT Performer with missing forks ( where did all my forks go ? ) so I`ll be on the lookout for other scrap / unwanted forks to experiment with .
Cheers for the comments guys :)
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: oldschoolace on February 18, 2019, 05:23 PM: Cant beat a bit of home brew :daumenhoch: in 30 years time some poor bugger is gonna have a real hard time tracking down the make of these forks ;D
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 18, 2019, 06:12 PM: Very true ;D
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Post by: Ady on February 18, 2019, 06:46 PM: Top skills mate.. fistblump
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: kalex on February 18, 2019, 07:17 PM: Keep it coming bud, we all love stuff like this on here 8)
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 20, 2019, 07:11 PM: Checking with a wheel ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 20, 2019, 07:14 PM: Sorry about the double picture ^
Welding done , quick coat of etch primer ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 20, 2019, 07:16 PM: Next I wanted to reshape the dropouts . I think it looks ok ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: SH101 on February 20, 2019, 07:19 PM: Next the forks need a Potts mod cable guide . And painting when I`ve decided what colour . I`ll get some pictures when I`ve done some more ...
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: CustardLips on February 20, 2019, 07:24 PM: Nice work. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Home Made Freestyle Forks
Post by: Avro on February 20, 2019, 07:49 PM: ..reminds me of how fugly freestyle bikes are!

Love this kind of stuff so keep it coming.