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Riwi Products Single Side Front Fork

By Paul Crowe

Riwi Products single side front end

While digging around looking for interesting motorcyce parts I came across Riwi Products in Innsbruck, Austria. It looks as though they make a few different things like wheels and forks but the part they seem to be promoting the most is their single sided front fork (or front arm, can’t be a fork with one side, I guess). Anyway, it looks interesting and shows one more variation on the old tried and true front fork we’re all familiar with.

It doesn’t look too bad on the Speed Triple, they also have a Vmax version which I don’t think looks as good. Looking at all of the associated hardware makes me wonder how much this weighs. I also wonder how it works on the street. Whatever the case, it’s an interesting attempt to come up with another option.

Link: Riwi Products

Another photo below:

Riwi Products single side front end

Posted on October 3, 2006 Filed Under: Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Design, Workshop & Tools


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Comments

  1. Curtis says

    October 3, 2006 at 1:29 pm

    Cannondale mountain bikes have been making a one-sided fork for a few years, they call it the “Lefty”. I’d been wondering if it would ever translate to motorcycles.

    More details at: http://www.golefty.com/

  2. Richard says

    October 3, 2006 at 1:58 pm

    “or front arm, can’t be a fork with one side, I guess”

    It’s a tine.

  3. Case says

    October 3, 2006 at 3:45 pm

    And here’s one that Gilera did in the early ’90s:

    http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/gilera/cx125.htm

    The concept of a single-sided front fork is very similar to how aircraft landing gear works. Very feasible for a motorcycle, just not very popular.

  4. Prester John says

    October 3, 2006 at 5:45 pm

    In 1946, Piaggio’s Vespa motor scooter debuted with a single-sided front arm.

    Tom

  5. aaron says

    October 3, 2006 at 7:29 pm

    don’t forget the imme!!! also features a single sided rear and a single curved backbone frame! (shades of confederate!!!)

    one day, I’ll add one to my collection…..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Imme_R_100.jpg

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