Are these trials forks on Hawkstone?.

[Tribsa110]

Hi,

The bike is a 1960 Hawkstone SCS which has been used latterly as a trials bike.

I have scoured the web and the books looking at all the photos I could find but still can't work out if it is fitted with trials forks or if, about the time of the change to Timken bearings, the geometry of trials and scrambler bikes were the same. I have read somewhere that the shape of the top yoke is an identifying feature and this one is certainly concave at the front.

Grateful for comments from the experts please.

Regards,
George.

[Brian Thompson]

Leading Link Fork Geometry.

There may be some info on this thread that might be of help in identifying what you have; http://www.greeves-riders.org.uk/for...metry#post1794

Brian.

[Tribsa110]

Thanks Brian,

I did find this post earlier but felt it was open to interpretation of which way the vee went!. Thinking of looking from seated on the bike.

To my mind, to increase the trail on the forks on the bike the yoke would need to be turned around so are these trials forks?.

George.