I was quite surprized to find the hack far easier to push then the solo with
feels out of balance and with too little rake...ran into some lately who was
making either hardtail frames out of the chang squishtail or making the whole
frame...

--- In thechangjiangexperience@yahoogroups.com, "mckinnonpj" <mckinnonpj@...>
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> Hi Clay: Can you expend a bit on what you found unsettling about the CJ solo.
I only rode a solo for short ride but it sort of felt like it had a lateral
hinge in the middle of the frame, which is one reason why I never went ahead
with a solo project. However, my '99 TDM 850 come along ..... Cheers, Phil
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> > I have the exact same bike in hack and solo.. in IMO these are not solo
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> > -- In thechangjiangexperience@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Cason" <dnantha@> wrote:
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> > > Ive ridden earls forks solo . On a couple /2 BMW'conversions, and on my
> > > piece of crap Dnepr. I tried both positions on the BMW earls forks and
> > > it made a difference in handling when I moved the pins to the solo
> > > position. Our Leading link forks dont have this feature as far as I
> > > know. My Dnepr ( I say "my" because the doctors said I should try to
> > > take the blame for my own mistakes and stop blamming the aliens. ) Must
> > > have been them though....My Dnepr rode like it was mushy in sand or
> > > something. All those crappy commie rubber bushings. Whoa!! Bad
> > > memory....The experts like George or Gerald could tell about the trail
> > > of the front end and other engineering stuff but for me, it made a
> > > difference. A lot of guys are riding solo on stock CJ tube forks and it
> > > apparently works for them....Dan out.--- In
> > > thechangjiangexperience@yahoogroups.com, Richard Cook <wrote:
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> > > > Nor cookiecookr@> mine.
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> > > > Regards,
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> > > > --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Alex Sargeant alexsar@ wrote:
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> > > > From: Alex Sargeant alexsar@
> > > > Subject: Re: [the Chang Jiang Experience] question about earles fork
> > > for a solo
> > > > To: thechangjiangexperience@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:08 PM
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> > > > I've never tried mine solo, but I can report the Chang fork (at least
> > > mine, which is factory made from 1981) does not have adjustable trail
> > > for switching from sidecar to solo use like the BMW forks did.
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> > > > --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Richard <ricklarsen1@ yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > From: Richard <ricklarsen1@ yahoo.com>
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> > > > Subject: [the Chang Jiang Experience] question about earles fork for a
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> > > > To: thechangjiangexperi ence@yahoogroups .com
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> > > > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 3:39 PM
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> > > > Hi Group, I was also wondering about driving a solo with a leading
> > > link fork. Has anyone done this?
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> > > > > I have problems with 3rd gear kicking out. It is not possible to get
> > > the gear stay in 3rd at all.
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> > > > > Does not matter if I shift up or down, still same problem. Never
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> > > > > Using hand lever makes no difference which makes me think the gear
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> > > > > I have not tried to adjust the foot shifter as I have no problems
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> > > is ok with the side car mounted. Will this type of front suspension work
> > > if I run my bike as a solo? When I lived in China I was told it would be
> > > dangerous. Anyone have experience of this?
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