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Offline RAFster122s

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Showa and Nissin integrated fork and caliper
« on: January 22, 2025, 04:09:43 PM »
https://www.visordown.com/news/showa-and-nissin-create-integrated-fork-and-caliper

They showed an earlier version at previous year's show, this one is beefed up a little...

Interesting concept, let's hope its application is well engineered as it severely limits you if the forks aren't up to the job or you run out of brake compounds to tune the brake performance. ADV bikes often suffer from forks that aren't up to the challenge beyond a limited set of conditions, but that is the nature when you want a good street bike and then try to adapt it for off-road, you quickly hit limits...
Just one example...

It is an interesting design...wonder if it will have legs and last or gain traction and have widespread adoption and imitation...
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Re: Shows and Nissin integrated fork and caliper
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2025, 04:40:18 PM »
norton were doing that in 1971, it seems it didn't catch on
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Re: Showa and Nissin integrated fork and caliper
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2025, 07:55:57 PM »
It looks like it would be tough to service the wheel as well as the brakes.
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Re: Showa and Nissin integrated fork and caliper
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2025, 09:43:36 AM »
norton did do that and paul dunstall did it earlier . fine on a motogp bike but not sure about a road bike
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