Spitfire girder front end
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I'm picturing something along the lines of what a rear "piggyback" shock (like what sportbikes and MX bikes are equipped with). Same with the shock, I am guessing but I would think that any of the current shock shops (Racetech, Works Performance, Hagon, et al) would be able to cook up a shock for one of these front ends. If so, that would mean I could use perhaps lighter or ~better~ brake components with it rather than stock Harley Ferguson. That sortof implies that any aftermarket stuff that would fit the modern Harley would fit the girder. The front end I am looking at has an option for adding either side or dual mounts for modern stock Harley calipers and 11.5" disks. Just imagine a single or dual front disks on it. This is probably more like it, the black girder front end on a rigid frame. Going with a Yamaha DT type fuel tank, it fits with the format of this bike. Hell I gas welded good enough that I could have made up the framework of the girder myself, had I the dimensions.
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So we were always on the hunt for any edge that we could obtain inside of our "nothing" budget. I mean we were just privateers with support coming from "Joe's Garage" sponsors that worked on engines at the kitchen table and welded frames in the driveway. The downside back then would have been crappy hydraulic shock availability until the likes of Works Performance and FOX went online. It's certainly something my dad and I would have tried had there been a really good girder builder known to us at the time. I mean if I'm gonna bail on the idea may as well totally bail out on it, the girder front end, 21 inch front wheel, the works.
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Perhaps the stock XS650 forks with the stock drum brake, 19 inch front wheel, good triples (Cheney perhaps). Anyhow, maybe some telescopic front end that is well supported by Racetech and isn't too heavy. I feel like I am totally pussing out here though. I'm getting to the point where I may just chicken out and go with a standard telescopic front end. And then (you already know what's coming) he flakes. I just wasted a bunch of time on a guy that was going to buy some specialty parts from me, spent days trading correspondence, spent all this time working out shipping and duty fees to Canada. I get discouraged at times when things seem stuck/motionless.