Comments on: LC Fabrications TT Deluxe

By: pete

pete — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:31:10 +0000

neat bike. Much more interesting than most of them. The drum brake on the jackshaft is a nice touch. The copy of the Druids and the Andre steering damper and the acetylene headlight are good details. But I would have made the seat closer to the bars to preserve the shape of a traditional flattank bike.

Chris, you’re almost right about the front forks. It is based on a Druid pattern, but they don’t pivot behind the headlight. It is a simple 4bar parallelogram that keeps the wheelbase almost perfect through its range of motion. (better than telescoping forks do). You were thinking of the late 19teens and 1920′s Triumph forks with a fore-and-aft motion. Those definitely change wheelbase. Even when they were new 100 years ago, riders would install leather straps to control their motion.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:28:21 +0000

This bike came in 6th this year at the world championship in sturgis, check out the whole gallery of winners @ http://amdchampionship.com/content.php?page=2009world

By: Chris Hunter

Chris Hunter — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:17:04 +0000

It’s a girder-type fork known as the ‘Druid’ style. I believe that it pivots behind the head, so that it can rock to and fro as it soaks up the bumps. It was a tidy design used by several early motorcycle manufacturers, but has the disadvantage of altering the length of the wheelbase when in action.

By: JS

JS — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:20:30 +0000

I want to know more about the fork. Sadly the LC site doesn’t have much to say.

By: David Enfield

David Enfield — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:53:45 +0000

First off I must say I thought “no”, but then the detail pictures made me change that to “yes”! At 67 yrs I can just remember this stuff before it was all “junked”, now you have reproduced the inspired thinking of the old boys who said “what if”. Many thanks.