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ck.mecha · February 20th, 2018, 07:59 AM

The inflection point on each was where the inner tube meets the lower triple. This would mean even a relatively large bend would have minimal impact on the movement of the lower - compressing the forks would not be a good test.

I must clarify this is for a race bike so yeah these MIGHT be OK for a street bike depending on your standards. Twenty thou was the smallest variance, one was nearly 1/4"!! Ill write out all the values if there is interest. The 20/1000 off forks I had actually straightened to around 8/1000 over a year ago and they worked themselves back out (no even a lowside since)

Consider that if its bent 20 thou. at the triple, the distance its off at the wheel axle is off nearly 3x that when you do the geometry calculations.

February 20th, 2018, 07:59 AM	#5
ck.mecha ninjette.org member Name: Chris Location: Atlanta Join Date: Nov 2015 Motorcycle(s): 1969 Benelli Cobra 125, 1970 Honda CB160, 2009 Kawasaki 250R Posts: 107	The inflection point on each was where the inner tube meets the lower triple. This would mean even a relatively large bend would have minimal impact on the movement of the lower - compressing the forks would not be a good test. I must clarify this is for a race bike so yeah these MIGHT be OK for a street bike depending on your standards. Twenty thou was the smallest variance, one was nearly 1/4"!! Ill write out all the values if there is interest. The 20/1000 off forks I had actually straightened to around 8/1000 over a year ago and they worked themselves back out (no even a lowside since) Consider that if its bent 20 thou. at the triple, the distance its off at the wheel axle is off nearly 3x that when you do the geometry calculations.