[BikerTrash]

After three months, I was convinced the front forks were made out of aluminum foil.

It wasn't just the forks. I had a '73 Mach III that I put 6" overs on from Forking by Frank, (remember him?), and extra braces. I do believe the frame itself had a noodle or two in it.

Also went with Denco expansion chambers, cut the pistons, air cleaners, etc. Remember the power band of the Mach III? This made it worse. It went from 2 rear wheel HP to about 80 like a light switch around 6000 rpm. It was a high speed wheelie machine fer sure.

Amazingly, in almost 100,000 miles, I never wrecked it, not even so much as laid it down.

Still more amazingly, I seen somebody out riding it around about 10 years ago, still had the 6" overs on it. Same paint, no perceptible dog-legging, that bike must have come with it's own guardian angel.

[Poser]

"It wasn't just the forks. I had a '73 Mach III that I put 6" overs on from Forking by Frank, (remember him?)"

I had some of Frank's forks on my '48 Panhead. I replaced the entire front end. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to post the picture again.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I cut the silencer horn off the air intake like everybody else did. When the tach hit 6000, the combination of air rushing and three pipe smoking sounded like a glass jar of bumblebees.
I remember someone trying to weld something to the frame of a Japanese bike back in those days. The steel in the pipe just evaporated. We were sure the frames were made out of ramen.