pbc - 15-10-2012 at 07:32 PM
I have an original PL Comp buggy with a dying fork. It's too beat up to fix the cracks so I need a replacement. Pics of what I have can be found at
https://plus.google.com/photos/116935021710436287021/albums/...
The modern ST forks appear to be much better made. THe top one in this photo seems to be what I need:
Can it replace what I have without modification to the headset?
Does anyone have used forks that could replace this?
Philip
popeyethewelder - 15-10-2012 at 10:37 PM
wow, piece of history there for sure, I am sure someone will be along with a modern fork dimensions
popeyethewelder - 15-10-2012 at 10:37 PM
wow, piece of history there for sure, I am sure someone will be along with a modern fork dimensions
RonH - 16-10-2012 at 09:46 AM
3.5" of space on an XR+ fork...
Yours looks like 8.5mm - bit smaller
I'm sure you could use an XR+ fork and a washer to take up the space...
awindofchange - 16-10-2012 at 10:42 AM
If you can send me the dimensions of your current fork, I may be able to get you fixed up. The Peter Lynn ST buggy is probably the fork you are
looking for. The XR+ and bigfoot XR+ will be to large. You could probably retro-fit the larger forks to your ST, but it would take a bit of
modification. The two things that would be different would be the distance between the top of the fork and the brace on the bottom of the downtube
and the size of the downtube bolt. On the ST, I think it uses a 10mm bolt, on the XR+ I think the bolt is a 12mm.
Front axle would be the same for all forks and would work regardless.
Shoot me over the distance between the top of the fork and the top of the downtube brace. If it is still the same as the current ST buggy, I have
those in stock.
awindofchange - 16-10-2012 at 10:44 AM
Just for reference in the picture above.
First fork = Comp ST buggy
Middle fork = Comp XR+ buggy
Bottom fork = Bigfoot XR+ buggy
All of these forks are still being produced today.
bigkid - 16-10-2012 at 10:50 AM
I would get the modern ST fork. it will fit a bit tight but you can spread it a bit or a lot by grabbing both sides of the fork at the axle hole and
pull away from each other. You wont need much if any.