Subject: Fork tubes for disk Eldos
Author: David Washburn
Date: Jul 20, 2000, 7:04 PM
Post ID: 1701499001
Dave Otis asked me a question in private email but I thought I would
share it with the group.
I got new fork tubes for my disk brake Eldo from Forking by Frank and I
was very satisfied by the product and the service. I originally made
the mistake of ordering T-3 style tubes because the front end of my bike
resembled it. Wrong!
The tubes are the same as the Eldo/Ambo ones but I only discovered this
10 months after ordering them. Forking by Frank was happy to correct my
error and they did not even charge me for shipping. Good deal.
The front end is now together with new dampers and seals and it feels
good albeit with a ton of stiction due to the double seals in each leg.
I plan to replace the rear shocks with Konis if I can get them but the
25 year old stockers I found in the box still seem to have damping and
they look real nice.
According to Ian Falloon's book only 350 disk brake Eldos were imported
into the U.S. so they are rare birds. Given that some of the pieces of
the disk front end are in common with other models a zealous parts
picker/machinist could come up with a conversion by making the bits that
are rare/unavailable.
David in NYC