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Post by vonchad123 on Feb 22, 2015 13:44:06 GMT
Hi all, has anyone got any pics of smallies with zip forks fitted cheers
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Post by potatopl on Feb 22, 2015 13:51:00 GMT
You mean an overall look, or specific technical details of this fork conversion?
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Post by davet on Feb 22, 2015 14:10:31 GMT
Here's something I've been trying to get hold of from an article in scootering May 2014. I did email the address included three times. I wonder if Max would be able to help out with the lingo. To me it looks the best mudguard conversion going. Really neat.
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Post by henri on Feb 22, 2015 15:49:50 GMT
or do ya mean the twin leg motorcycle type zip forks , as ive a set of them converted to take vespa bars , easiest way is by cuttin top of old/bent forks an sleeving it with thick wall tubing , 7/8ths/22mm handle bars is perfect fit an what i used . an that muddy is best fit ive seen aswell for the leg being on opposite side n all, H
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Post by vonchad123 on Feb 22, 2015 16:16:37 GMT
Here's something I've been trying to get hold of from an article in scootering May 2014. I did email the address included three times. I wonder if Max would be able to help out with the lingo. To me it looks the best mudguard conversion going. Really neat.
Duepercento have those mudguards
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Post by vonchad123 on Feb 22, 2015 16:19:32 GMT
Yes iam fitting the twin leg zip forks,already have the conversion tube from duepercento,waste of time trying to contact fabbri racing from scotering add
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Post by davet on Feb 22, 2015 16:21:03 GMT
I think they're different as they have a bubble on the side. I can't find any others on their site, am I missing it?
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Post by vonchad123 on Feb 22, 2015 17:11:10 GMT
I see were your coming from davet,the picture from scootering doesnt seem to have a bubble to clear the shock,so I would imagine that the whole mudguard must be very wide to fit,were as the duep one is standard slim size with bubble to clear shock
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Post by davet on Feb 22, 2015 17:30:14 GMT
Result! found what I need on vespatime, the mudguard and steering stem are on there. There is still a slight bubble on the side of the mudguard, but not as extreme as the duepercento one.
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Post by tzsteve on Feb 22, 2015 20:59:29 GMT
hi dave. just to let you know i have found vaspatime.com more reliable than sip. though paypal has a 4% charge and vespa club gb get a 10% discount
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Post by davet on Feb 22, 2015 22:41:42 GMT
Thanks Steve. Sounds like a good deal.
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Post by henri on Feb 23, 2015 16:13:56 GMT
vonchad123 ,you said yes too twin leg forks , all the muddys above are for single leg forks , am not sure about smallframes but legshields have to have work aswell to fit zip forks on large frames, the bottom yoke touches on full lock , H
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Post by vonchad123 on Feb 23, 2015 18:51:31 GMT
Hi henri, yes you do have to modify the leg sheilds as the yoke hits them, iam not interested in any of the mudguards as iam going to cut a section out of my primmy guard and fit it on the inside of the forks as a hugger,if it looks sh#t then I will fit a blade mudguard I will post pics soon cheers
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Post by henri on Feb 25, 2015 8:55:43 GMT
good to know ,as i'm doing the conversion on a large frame n wondered wether smally leggys would make it easier ,more of a centre tunnel dip less flat, you can just increase the steering stops but it restricts your lock a lot , no more 3 point turns ,more like 7-8 , for a muddy ive a old 90 fiberglass 1 an was going to slit sides an fit flush up to bottom of yoke ,with tunnels to hide legs , did think of a hugger but want a more hidden/understated/not in ya face look, more street sleeper than racer , whats the ride height at front like ,same/up/down an what size wheel you fitting , H
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Post by vonchad123 on Feb 25, 2015 9:08:54 GMT
Hi henri, it,s turning out to be alot harder than I thought. I,ve had to cut the mudguard mounting off the back of the fork as it catches, remove the horncast fitting bracket from the frame and also remoce alot of the bottom of the headtube/steering stops as they catch on the forks. next job to cut the holes in the frame for the top yokes so they dont hit the legsheilds, as iam cutting alot of the legsheilds around the bottom of the steering tube I will then have to rebrace the bottom of the tube to the frame. when is it ever easy fitting bits to vespa,s FETTLING REQUIRED
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Post by henri on Feb 25, 2015 16:40:01 GMT
was wondering bout all that stuff ,but didnt like to mention it an put ya off , not a problem for me as the large frame i'm stickin zip forks in had bent stem bearing plates an the bearing cups where falling out at bottom an welded in at top, so i cut em an am replacing with a et2 steering/fork tube from a burnt out scoot in local woods , so can move it forwards a tad an rake it how i need to maintain ride height , just as much work as yours really just different , have seen it before where tube was mounted in front the horncast to get round this but that looked weird , on a baja lardy frame that was all over galvanised an had a single sprung seat mounted inside a sip fast/humpback one , was re-listed 3 times ,with price dropped n still no takers,it looked horrid , H
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Post by vonchad123 on Mar 1, 2015 17:13:37 GMT
Right I,ve started the so called zip forks go straight in conversion, knew I was going have to do some cutting and vespa fettling but no this much. I am using the twin leg zip fork. So far so good These are only rough cuts just to get the steering turn correct and spacing. I,ve had to cut the bottom of the steering stops as the forks would not go right in the frame,also ground away the bottom cup of the steerer tube to lengthen the stops back out after cutting them so I can still use them, With all the cutting into the seam behind legsheilds iam going to have to brace behind the legsheilds,
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Post by vonchad123 on Mar 2, 2015 8:45:43 GMT
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Post by henri on Mar 2, 2015 9:16:44 GMT
yep ,thats same as what i'm doing on a large frame just about , was going to fold up some "ramp" shape boxes to cover holes in leggys at rear ,an hide it all in a glovebox ,givin me a rear brake fluid resivour hiding place aswell, an as its there a spot for rev-counter n CHT gauge ,how far back into centre spine have you cut ,i was going to just cut leggys an see what lock that gave me ,an try n avoid cutting spine too much ,as that will increase the amount of bracing needed to regain strength , H
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Post by vonchad123 on Mar 2, 2015 10:37:33 GMT
had to cut into the steering stops it was not allowing the forks to seat into the bearings cups(yoke of fork was touching the bottom bearing cup) Cut about 7mm off steering stops,but ground bottom bearing cup to lengthen the stops back to 8mm so they could be used again. cut back into the spine about 20mm so that I could acheive enough steering lock. dont know what rake lardys are so its proberly different
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