We've discovered a series of builder series DVDs including one on building Girders. In factīuilding a set of forks back then was just about as common as bolting on a set of new It was just something that you did if you wanted to customize your bike. Literally thousands of owners who built their own front ends or modified factory units. Some of the better-known customizers and makers.įor every legitimate business however there were hundreds of small shops and Choppers, Ron Finch, Ed Roth, and Dick Allen just to name Of their spoke and wheel services but few remember that they started out as a frameĪnd fork business and in the sixties built custom extended Springers from modified Several outfitsĪctually set up businesses specifically dedicated to front ends.įor instance many people today instantly recognize the name of Buchanan?s because Included radically extended rigid setups, Springers and Girders. Other shops used to extend old Indian GirdersĪnd this eventually became my personal area of expertise.īy the time the mid sixties arrived many shops were already doing custom forks that The more aggressive shops also got into extending oldįactory Springers by using pieces cut from Ford radius rods.
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HOW TO BUILD A GIRDER FRONT END FROM SCRATCH-īack in the sixties the main bread and butter money for most shops that did big twinīike work was raking necks on factory frames and adding ?slugs? to stock hydraulicįorks to make them longer.
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