Subject: RE: On the subject of forks (again)
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Mar 24, 2005, 5:13 AM
Post ID: 1718592840
Charlie,
thanks for the clarification. Guess I didn't research carefully enough.
Ray
Charlie Mullendore wrote:
The illustration of the spacer on page 20-18 in Guzziology is for LeMans
IV and early LeMans V which have internal springs.
In the text next to it (referring to spring choices for the drum-brake
Loops) Dave R. writes: "The springs can be preloaded using as much as an
inch (25mm) of 1 1/2" ABS plastic plumbing pipe." Cheers,
Jason Telford wrote:
If find this odd too, since the diameter of the fork tube is 1.36" (pg
73 of the workshop manual). A 1" diameter pipe won't fit around it.
Jasonspring rates. No indication of where to place. There is a diagram
showing dimensions of this spacer. It shows 1" diameter and 1.5" tall
with a narrower (0.59") diameter at top of the diagram. I'm not sure how
to interpret this.
Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/
pax sine tedio
73 Eldo "19"