Inverted Front ends
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Inverted forks
There are many advantages to inverted forks, I will try to outline the differences.
- Bushings
- Two designs: The best has bushings captivated inside of the fork sliders. Cheaper and less desirable forks have bushings exactly like your Harley conventional forks. The bushing is captivated by a spring clip in the out (fork tube) part of the slider. The second bushing slides inside of the honed aluminum slider with a higher coefficient of friction than the aforementioned both bushings sliding on a polished and coated fork tube.
- The moving mass is much lighter in an inverted fork where just the fork tube, caliper, and axle clamp moves than that of a conventional fork.
- The quality of internals makes the most difference. Control the movement is controlling your ride. That is what wins races as well as provides comfort.
- There are chrome inverted forks like the Ultima that use the exact same suspension as what is stock in your bagger or OEM Dyna et, Al. The only reason is for the looks and no performance difference.
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