Clipons

leighton · Post by **leighton** » 05 Mar 2009 09:46

Does anyone know what size(fork diameter) i should be looking for? Best i can measure is 35-36mm! Thanks

Jem · Post by **Jem** » 05 Mar 2009 21:12

Italian bikes used pretty standard fork sizes the options were -
small bikes 32mm
medium/large 35mm
occasionally big bikes 38mm

Look for 35mm (this is close, as a gnat's whisker, to Brit bikes using 1 3/8" stanchions)

kmamac · Post by **kmamac** » 05 Mar 2009 21:54

Hi Leighton
I only have a 0-25 micrometer so I had to use the digital caliper. One leg is 34.97 the other 34.96. Lets call it a 35mm fork!
Hopefully I can still pop over sometime with a camera.
Best regards
Keith

leighton · Post by **leighton** » 06 Mar 2009 06:41

Thankyou for your help, another step closer to my cafe racer. Struggling with mounting the fairing/ headlamp at the moment! Keith you are welcome to pop over.

EVguru · Post by **EVguru** » 06 Mar 2009 09:40

Jem wrote:Italian bikes used pretty standard fork sizes the options were -
small bikes 32mm
medium/large 35mm
occasionally big bikes 38mm

Look for 35mm (this is close, as a gnat's whisker, to Brit bikes using 1 3/8" stanchions)

Not exactly relevent to this thread, but you've left out the oddball ones Jem.

The Paioli forks on the 125 and both types of 250 are not 32mm, they are instead 31.75mm, or to put it another way 1 1/4 inch!

The Italians tended to fit pretty stout forks. The Honda CBX1000 six cylinder behemoth had the same 35mm stanchion diameter as a Morini 350/500.

leighton · Post by **leighton** » 12 Mar 2009 07:37

I got a nice chrome pair from NLM(thanks to them) in the end, 2nd hand but not even fitted and still in box, now i can get on with lining up the fairing, next buy is rear sets.