Eric Magray
Steel Member
i like the scoot but is it just me or does it look like the paint on your forks is coming off already?
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gmonhollon
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it just looks like its been rode.
Scooter Mcgee
Steel Member
Hella yeah Jeff i love your forks thats so smart how do they roll and that T-tube is a smart idea lol
Newfie Skoot
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SeanJackson said:
There the best forks I ever had, the add a bit of weight, for me its good, it evens out all the extra weight on my "scooter"(Ask Travis, he knows what im talking about)
But I am 99% sure you can't fit 110's on them, mabey if there worn down a fair bit, but the bolt where it use to pivot is pretty close to the stock wheel so it would rub for sure with 110's. There is probable a way around it., ill post a pick if I can get something working.
If you were talking to me Radtke, <3
Scooter Mcgee
Steel Member
you could probably fit 125's i rekon. Do the forks move around?
Jordan Jasa
Silver Member
Jeff thats a really cool shock fork mod, great job. Lovin all 4 of your scoots.
Tom from closet scooters, do you still have that plastic dustguard thing on the folding mech? You should take it off. It also looks like its not completely locked. looks sick though.
Sick painjob Drew
Tom from closet scooters, do you still have that plastic dustguard thing on the folding mech? You should take it off. It also looks like its not completely locked. looks sick though.
Sick painjob Drew
Brian Boston
I got myself banned.
...if he said the 110 is going to rub, how do you 'rekon' hes going to fit bigger than that on there?SeanJackson said:
kyle christensen
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lmao. sick scoots homies
gmonhollon
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he said he thought it could fit 125's cause he didnt see the pivot point. i didnt either at first. but i used to have the same mod on a pair of susp. forks only with out the bearings, it was just plain thread, but anyways im sure theres a way to get rid of that pivot point and actually fit those 125's on it.
This is what i've been doing since i snapped my last long-tube reinforced fork and ovalized my micro's headtube. I was pretty desparate to get some parts so i could ride on monday in Simpel Sessions park.
I wish to thank Andrew for giving me tips how to make a new fork out of old forks.
I'm not going to risk to ovalize my Micro's headtube worse, so until i get a deep-stacked headset i won't use my micro. So Egon gave me his first scooter which i basicly changed almost every part on it.
I've always wanted to show this deck to everyone, because it's the most leetage. Nameless, at least we don't know the name of the scooter. The deck is made out of aluminium, except foldy and dropouts are steel. Two years ago, egon was probably the first one to use locked foldys and reinforcemets. (yep, he started using bolted meches even before me). That time Egon put down a really heavy steel pipe and also reinforced the dropouts too. Personally i think dropout reinforcements what he's made is a bit skecthy at the point when it connects the dropouts and the deck, but this deck has survived RAD crew style throws and a lot of drops. And it's pretty heavy too. I was pretty suprised how Egon even whipped that last summer. He also painted the whole deck gray (not like it was gray before, but i think it was because of the rusty reinforcements) and also painted the grip to gray w/ yellow stripes.
The fork is the very same which i snapped last time. This time i went to a diffirent workshop where they work with steel. Basicly i took Andrew's advice and let them cut down the fork at the part where the threads start. Next thing was to cut out a part from an old GT bmx fork which i especially bought for occations like this already 5 months ago, it's just i still used old threaded forks at the time. So they cut me out a piece of that old threadless GT fork too and grind a tappered tip on the piece so it could be easily welded on the fork. They welded and grind down the stiches and it's done. The welding part is between the upper and lower headsets, so according to Andrew's opinion it wouldn't have any pressure since forks will break either above the upper headset or below the lower headset.
Fork is ~18cm long, and 3.25mm (.128") thick, longer and thicker than SR fork. Still my fork itself is bent and it's probably gonna bend more so SR forks will be still ordered like we've planned.
I managed to put on my old-A's headtube which had my old sealed FSA installed on, that saved some time to switch headsets from threaded to threadless on Egon's headtube. I also managed to put on a new-a brake, which i love the most, because it's made of steel and is very durable. The foldy doesn't look solid from away, i thought that too when i first looked at that scooter, but it's not aluminium, it's steel, and for my suprise, it's solid also. I mean it. Solid.
So long story short - what i'm riding:
Egon's 2-year old deck w/ full-deck + dropout reinforcements
old-A headtube
threadless FSA Orbit MX w/ sealed bearings
long thick threadless half-custom fork
RADs w/ odi longnecks + tsc barends and 1 1/4" seatpost clamp
spray-painted gray/yellow skategrip
new-A brake
100mm yaks with abec-5s
By the way, this setup weighs flat 5 kg (11 lbs) lol.
I wish to thank Andrew for giving me tips how to make a new fork out of old forks.
I'm not going to risk to ovalize my Micro's headtube worse, so until i get a deep-stacked headset i won't use my micro. So Egon gave me his first scooter which i basicly changed almost every part on it.
I've always wanted to show this deck to everyone, because it's the most leetage. Nameless, at least we don't know the name of the scooter. The deck is made out of aluminium, except foldy and dropouts are steel. Two years ago, egon was probably the first one to use locked foldys and reinforcemets. (yep, he started using bolted meches even before me). That time Egon put down a really heavy steel pipe and also reinforced the dropouts too. Personally i think dropout reinforcements what he's made is a bit skecthy at the point when it connects the dropouts and the deck, but this deck has survived RAD crew style throws and a lot of drops. And it's pretty heavy too. I was pretty suprised how Egon even whipped that last summer. He also painted the whole deck gray (not like it was gray before, but i think it was because of the rusty reinforcements) and also painted the grip to gray w/ yellow stripes.
The fork is the very same which i snapped last time. This time i went to a diffirent workshop where they work with steel. Basicly i took Andrew's advice and let them cut down the fork at the part where the threads start. Next thing was to cut out a part from an old GT bmx fork which i especially bought for occations like this already 5 months ago, it's just i still used old threaded forks at the time. So they cut me out a piece of that old threadless GT fork too and grind a tappered tip on the piece so it could be easily welded on the fork. They welded and grind down the stiches and it's done. The welding part is between the upper and lower headsets, so according to Andrew's opinion it wouldn't have any pressure since forks will break either above the upper headset or below the lower headset.
Fork is ~18cm long, and 3.25mm (.128") thick, longer and thicker than SR fork. Still my fork itself is bent and it's probably gonna bend more so SR forks will be still ordered like we've planned.
I managed to put on my old-A's headtube which had my old sealed FSA installed on, that saved some time to switch headsets from threaded to threadless on Egon's headtube. I also managed to put on a new-a brake, which i love the most, because it's made of steel and is very durable. The foldy doesn't look solid from away, i thought that too when i first looked at that scooter, but it's not aluminium, it's steel, and for my suprise, it's solid also. I mean it. Solid.
So long story short - what i'm riding:
Egon's 2-year old deck w/ full-deck + dropout reinforcements
old-A headtube
threadless FSA Orbit MX w/ sealed bearings
long thick threadless half-custom fork
RADs w/ odi longnecks + tsc barends and 1 1/4" seatpost clamp
spray-painted gray/yellow skategrip
new-A brake
100mm yaks with abec-5s
By the way, this setup weighs flat 5 kg (11 lbs) lol.
Jordan Jasa
Silver Member
looks sick Madis, and dang is that deck oooolldd.
Newfie Skoot
Member
SeanJackson said:
Thats with stock wheels
Eric Magray
Steel Member
im lovin the fork idea, it sounds like it would work too. good somewhat clean scoot. 
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