Rich Aitch said:Laverda 750S motorbikes used to have Paioli forks, hell they were gorgeous and looked way better than the Ohlins forks that most of the opposition had. Never seen a mountainbike one though.[/quote
Paoli stuff was a bit budget , a lot of scoots had their forks , as did the Belgrada built yamahas
Tho that said some bimotas had paoli forks and shocks on them
FMJ":2ly1ear6 said:This is hanging up in the cafe I stop in at on weekend road rides. CNC machined single sided trailing link. I tried the prototype of it on a bike the designer/fabricator had at a 24 hr. race in 97. It was......interesting.
norcalflat":1vs2qfll said:FMJ":1vs2qfll said:This is hanging up in the cafe I stop in at on weekend road rides. CNC machined single sided trailing link. I tried the prototype of it on a bike the designer/fabricator had at a 24 hr. race in 97. It was......interesting.
Do you know who made the fork? Is there any names or identifying info on the fork? I remember seeing one in Las Vegas interbike around 97-98. I ws talking to a buddy a couple weeks ago about linkage forks and bnrought this one up but couldn't for the life of me remember who made it. I was thinking Profile Racing, Phil Wood, Paul Comp....... :?
danson67":2ic95oz3 said:Hurrycat Vorace anyone? Front side up:
A bit like the Fournales/Look tie up, the Hurrycat was marketed by Stronglight. Designed by Eric Barone in partnership with aerospace company SEB and Answer, it was a production version of the fork he used in his 163km/h speed descent attempt in 1998. Founded 2000, bust by 2004
Lightish at 1600g, they run a different geometry, supposedly anti-dive and anti-pedal bob. It's certainly better than Fournales. The legs swing up and back, rather than up and forward on the Fournales/Girving stuff. Publicity videohere on Vimeo.
Mine's a Sport model with aluminium legs...there is a fabled carbon legged version...
All the best,
donny70":2kzdtzg0 said:I have the fabled carbon version on my San Andreas.