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Re: rockers

Post by Customize IT »

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The rockers look good to me.

The spring rates is about the only thing t cure this.

One thing I wonder about thou is with the new tabs on the outside of those rockers if they are side loading not transfering the energy straight to the springs binding the action of the spring assembly.
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Re: rockers

Post by jbfrmca »

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mr bill holland cutting these out for me.
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my cobbled together rockers. don't laugh they worked.
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well here's where i'm at now. it took me three days off and on to make these. they turned way better than i thought i could do.
as you can see my trail is 2 3/4 resting. when i push hard the trail goes to a 1 1/2 there abouts. it rides pretty good also. i had to lenghten the spring rods about a 1 1/2 longer. i think this one step helped the most. yes they're crudley welded. this was to just see if i was on the right track. i will be taking it apart yet again to weld them up right and make them pretty.
again many thanks to everyone that has posted on this board. but mainly mr krymis of whom i talked to on the phone a few times during my head scratching and frustration. thanks chris for setting me on the right track.
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Re: rockers

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SWEET!

Kyrmis is Great!

The guy I call on also! Helped me many many times himself!
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Re: rockers

Post by krymis »

happy you are getting this thing working right. As for the calls, I love just talking bikes. You guys do all the cool work. I wish i had my machine shop still to be making my springers. I need to make some fixtures and what not. Also I love the pattern torch that bill is using. i have a pantograph myself. cheap but it works.
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Re: rockers

Post by gearhead1951 »

like I said !!
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SELF INTRODUCTION: Hi, I started riding back in the mid 60s, and have been on and off bikes since them. In 2015 I bought a 2000 Heritage Springer, and have been doing mild custom work. I am finishing up a dual hydraulic clutch, so I can run either hand or foot clutch. I just had a local shop build me a 117, with a Hobanized crank, Mahle pistons, MVA heads, S&S 570 cams, etc. The 5 speed has Baker forged shift arms, N1 drum, and anti-over-shift pawl.

Re: rockers

Post by CarlosGGodfrog »

Hi, I have a 2000 Heritage Springer. I am considering EITHER 1" lower rockers, or a Vulcan kit to change the rake angle, What would be the effect on trail and/or handling ? I will also lower the rear at the time to keep the chassis level.
Thanks
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Re: rockers

Post by budoka »

if you use a windows pc, i can send you a little piece of software that was written by one of our members that lets you plug in your fork info, tire/wheel height, etc etc and see the trail. let me know and i'll email it to you or send you a download link or something.

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SELF INTRODUCTION: retired disabled from the USAF in 1983, road bikes when I had not children, had to park it, but now I am riding a Roth designed VW Trike with a Harley front end. Learned a lot from this site, enough to figure out my neck was welded off perpendicular and with a twist, so rebuilding the front neck and forks, again learned most all of it from this site.

Re: rockers

Post by grandpanystrom61 »

Good morning everyone, I am new to this site as a member. I have come to it many times reading about the springer fork build and rockers and all that I needed to know and understand.
I am older and now ride 3wheels, it is a 1976 Ed Roth VW trike with fiberglass body, but I do not think he built it but rather some one else did it from his designed plans.
My neck tube was off centered and than it was tilted to one side, not perpendicular to the floor line. I also found the old small spring forks to have seen their days, bending started below lower tree and some one backed over them and tried to straighten them, just bent and off and actually to small for the trike.
I am building up a new front end, lost at times, but it is more about me making up my mind and doing it.

Were am I, in a small town Fernley NV, not a welder, but did buy a unit to TIG weld together me a gas tank, only got all cut out and still working on my welding skills.
I not sure why I am posting, saying hello, liked the read on the front rocker work and how he got it down, nice. I made rockers out of wood to see how things looked and handled in the drive way. Now I have almost completed the brake stay for the front wheel. I am drilling out my last pass on the axle hole.
I have seen a read a lot, and I do understand the trike is different from the general bike and chopper's, wow what a extended front end you do have on your ride, looks nice, hope all does handle safely for you....

Introduction I guess, I had a preach in a laptop and spent days cleaning up and setting up a new laptop so all is safe now.

I have a question about rockers, kind a relates to this post and what I read, need to get all back on track and than I will be back with a few pics and what is going on, at least in my mind, maybe we will see how off or correct I am.

so glad to see all up and running for the site.
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