![]() It did lack an appreciable amount of travel, but properly set up a girder provided a light, lithe, and sporty ride. It was stronger, wouldn’t dive under braking, and was less prone to stiction. Shame, really, because the girder was a better system, especially in the early days of the telescopic. So absolute was the adoption of the new technology that owners of motorcycles from the 1930s were buying telescopic units and binning their girder forks. ![]() When manufacturers in the 1940s replaced what was the industry standard girder fork with the hydraulically damped telescopic unit motorcycles stepped into the modern age. Jake Robbins (right) with son William and their Brough Superior exact replica made in England fork.
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