triple reinforced fork

[Dylan Kasson]

I found this mod extremely effective. When usually you slide one tube in the fork to reinforce it slide a smaller tube in the one you just slid in, etc un til your fork is almost completely solid. This does add quite some weight but its just a scooter so youll get used to it. I dont think pictures are necessary but if you guys want some ill post some. Maybe put this as a fork reinforcement add on in the mod bible thing?

 

[JoshKish:)]

sounds sick

 

[loganhoe]

haha you hve to extend it too man, come on dylan

 

[dre]

I would just find a thicker tube. It would be way more solid that way. Plus, 1 tube is good enough i.m.o. triple reinforcements wouldn't be bad to try though..

 

[Dylan Kasson]

haha you hve to extend it too man, come on dylan

not if you found a long fork like I did on a old scooter in the garbage. : ]
and dre, if you make sure the pipes fit snugly together so you have to pound them together they are going to be sturdy and you probobly couldnt find a pipe that thick at a regular hardware store.

 

[danielwarwick]

Whatd you use for the second/third reenforcements? Like a grip handle or something?

 

[brandon kilbury]

you could probably find some good pipe at a hardware store there danny<3

 

[Tristan Mathews]

lol good mod!

 

[Dylan Kasson]

Whatd you use for the second/third reenforcements? Like a grip handle or something?

I didnt use any scooter parts in the fork just different sizes of tubing from the hardware store

 

[AX3D]

you could prolly get threaded rod the right size, so it would just be like one solid pole down it

 

[Dylan Kasson]

yea I dont think its that much of a issue the tubes will hold together if you get the right sizes so you have to pound them in each other

 

[chadneroscott]

hey dylan can i see pics cause it sounds like an awesome idea..

 

[Dylan Kasson]

um I might get some up tonight
it seems like a simple idea and I dont feel like taking my bars off right now haha

 

[Pete Pachota]

I found this mod extremely effective. When usually you slide one tube in the fork to reinforce it slide a smaller tube in the one you just slid in, etc un til your fork is almost completely solid. This does add quite some weight but its just a scooter so youll get used to it. I dont think pictures are necessary but if you guys want some ill post some. Maybe put this as a fork reinforcement add on in the mod bible thing?

Honestly, I don't think it's a good idea. A thick wall pipe is stronger than a pole of the same diameter, due to how the tension is distributed around the round wall.

If you have problems with your fork breaking, make yourself an internal bar, haha.

 

[Madis]

I think it's overkill.
It's easier to buy a 1" outer diameter CHROMOLY tube with 0.125" wall and put that in (however you like, i'd weld it at the bottom), because like we've all seen, aluminium reinforcements made from T-tubes suck, because they still bend.

0.125" thick chromoly will not break before the lower part of your bars, because that fork reinforcement would be too thick to break it before bars' steertube.

 

[JAM3S]

.495.37 re-enforced steel millimetres tube will stop 2.34545.4 centemeters of tubing from snaping 636543>333.3

Madis, Dylans idea is simple and sounds like it would work a treat, we dont need all that 73746.474 weld it too 8387. of aluminem ok. lol

 

[Derek Scootz]

thats sweet!

 

[BabboonScoot]

Yeah I think one solid pipe would work loads better than a lot of random ones. Whenever I break a fork it's because the pipe inside it wasn't tight enough, not because the it broke.

(Alex Steadman)

 

[Dylan Kasson]

I think it's overkill.
It's easier to buy a 1" outer diameter CHROMOLY tube with 0.125" wall and put that in (however you like, i'd weld it at the bottom), because like we've all seen, aluminium reinforcements made from T-tubes suck, because they still bend.

0.125" thick chromoly will not break before the lower part of your bars, because that fork reinforcement would be too thick to break it before bars' steertube.

im not using a t-tube
I used galvanized steel or something like that
and sean I already said just get the right size and it will be good

 

[jeff26]

Any tubing you will find at a hardware store will most likely be galvanized electrical conduit which way too weak also.

according to andrew galvanized isnt to great. but if it works good for you use it