Just to get your opinion , what's about longer forks (commando one ) in a featherbed slimline , with the correct lenght of rear shocks of course , wouldn'it be too high , specially if keeping the 19" wheels .........!
Don't do it, unless you are going for the chopper look. It's pretty easy for anyone with a screw cutting lathe to shorten the fork sanctions, you'll need the shorter springs, unless you intend to cut the springs down also.Just to get your opinion , what's about longer forks (commando one ) in a featherbed slimline , with the correct lenght of rear shocks of course , wouldn'it be too high , specially if keeping the 19" wheels .........!
A question for those who fitted Commando yokes to Featherebed or G12/G15 frames: Position of the steering lock is different. Will it still work? I guess not, but I could be wrong.
Hi Knut, my N15 pile 'o parts came with a 1963 Royal Enfield Interceptor yoke. I was scratching my head on what the heck it was from, quite an interesting piece. Sold to someone in India and did quite well on it.A question for those who fitted Commando yokes to Featherebed or G12/G15 frames: Position of the steering lock is different. Will it still work? I guess not, but I could be wrong.
These parts weigh quite a bit. The Domi top yoke and stanchion nuts weigh no less than 1.6 kg, stem nuts not included. Is someone offering an aluminum top yoke which includes the steering lock, either Domi or Commando style?
I am aware of the NRP yoke, which does'nt offer a steering lock. I'd like to retain the original design as far as possible (no pinch bolt clamp necessary).
Thanks.
Knut
The frame never came with a centre stand but I have a bolt on side stand for the Featherbed frame, but when I built the bike back in the early 80s it was built for throwing it into the corner so pipes where built to tuck into the frame rails and foot pegs mounter up higher so for 25 years the Norton didn't have any stands at all, no stands no scraping, every one knew my bike as it be leaning on a fence, a post or side of a house, the Slimline centre stand be to short for the Wideline with 19" wheels, my Norton was built so nothing could scrape at all, even now I still have a habit of leaning it on a fence when parking, old habits hard to kill lol.Can you use a centre stand or side stand with that setup?