I'm looking at options to put an R1 front end on. I know I can use 929/954 triples but the offset is different (30mm vs 40mm) and everyone says this increases the rake/trail.
I thought offset was the distance from the head bearing centre line to the line running between the two fork centre lines. However, if that was the case, offset would have precisely no effect on rake or trail, merely increase/decrease wheelbase a tad.
The geometry would change as you went from steering centred to either lock but I would have thought less offset would give more response, not less.
Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong? Google is just confirming my assumptions and adding to the confusion.
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93 VFR750 RC36
I'm looking at options to put an R1 front end on. I know I can use 929/954 triples but the offset is different (30mm vs 40mm) and everyone says this increases the rake/trail.
I thought offset was the distance from the head bearing centre line to the line running between the two fork centre lines. However, if that was the case, offset would have precisely no effect on rake or trail, merely increase/decrease wheelbase a tad.
The geometry would change as you went from steering centred to either lock but I would have thought less offset would give more response, not less.
Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong? Google is just confirming my assumptions and adding to the confusion.
Stew
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