mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > > >>Ever ridden a bike with leading link forks? >> >> Nope. Often used for sidecar rigs, as I understand it. >> Check out the beemer in left-hand photo in the bottom row: >> http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2004ama/midohio/1/ > >I think that's a Ural or Dneipr outfit with proprietary forks.
I think you're right. Definitely not a Beemer. I have a video tape of a tour of the Ural factory in Siberia. Shows all the employees coming to work on their Urals (with sidecars) in the middle of winter! >LL forks are excellent. Much better than all but the most expensive >teles for suspension, although they have a greater mass moment and >therefore are not so good for quick-steering requirements. What throws >most tele addicts is the complete lack of dive during braking. First >time you use them, you are _certain_ that the brakes have failed. Are you sure that isn't because of the drum brakes? ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
