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Offline g60go

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May be a stupid question...
« on: December 21, 2015, 07:29 PM »
Just need to know,(been out of the game for nearly 20yrs!) but is there any way to fit an 1 1/8" set of forks to a 1" frame? Back in my day,towards the end of my riding days,bikes were starting to swap from 1" to 1 1/8", I had a dirt bike with ditchforks that was 1",then I bought a sabbath that I'm sure was 1 1/8", and from memory,I think I made some shims at college to use the ditchforks on the sabbath. Now though,I'm building another 1" dirt bike,I have pitchforks,but can't find a redneck 1" quill for love nor money,I also have some 1 1/8" ditchforks complete with redneck,can I make this fork/stem fit my older dirt bike? Thanks.

Offline Gnarlyscoots

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Re: May be a stupid question...
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2015, 08:18 PM »
There was a guy on the BMXmuseum.com who made some awesome headsets so you could run 1 1/8 forks in 1" headtubes.

If you are not a member on there, I recommend being so and putting the question in the catchall, techh and resto section.

This may be of some use to you too  :daumenhoch:

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=40740
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Offline g60go

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Re: May be a stupid question...
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2015, 08:44 PM »
Ok brilliant. I'll look into it now,thanks!

Offline Munnyella

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Re: May be a stupid question...
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2015, 09:12 PM »
Ed209 did this on a Bashguard sport a while back, seem to remember it being a mix of cups and races from both sized headsets and loose bearings, not caged.

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WANTED : 1" freestyle forks, uglier the better

Offline g60go

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Re: May be a stupid question...
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2015, 10:15 PM »
Excellent link chubby,just what I needed! Thanks a lot! This will move me along quite a bit  :) :)

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Re: May be a stupid question...
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2015, 12:05 AM »
Ed209 did this on a Bashguard sport a while back, seem to remember it being a mix of cups and races from both sized headsets and loose bearings, not caged.

MM

You're right Munny  :daumenhoch: I remember that too

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