Skinny and stretched, a tall king and queen saddle and cross-shaped sissy bar help balance the rear with the raised front end. A skilled engraver added an artistic flair to the Shovelhead’s rocker boxes and the bike’s taillight. The powerful presence established by the shiny stainless steel front end carries from the stretched neck to the upswept straight pipes. So if the new owner of the 1976 Shovelhead chopper for sale on eBay wants to get on the gas, the ride will be dialed. Sugar Bear’s chopper front end provides style for miles, flows on the open road, and will turn-in and hold its line reliably. The closer the axle to the front legs, the stiffer the ride, the farther out, the softer the ride.” Timeless Chopper Style Three axle positions are provided for setting the stiffness of the ride. The best ride is achieved on Springers when the Rockers are parallel to the ground. “The front legs are threaded at the bottom to allow adjustments by the front Clevis to set the Rockers parallel to the ground depending on the weight of the motorcycle. He also offset the fork’s triple trees, boosting the turning radius.Ī 1973 ad for Sugar’s Springers explains how he achieved his results. That enabled him to push his forks to more extraordinary lengths. Sugar Bear built his Springers out of round solid steel instead of tubing, the route frequently chosen by other builders at the time. By 1974, he was building them to 40 inches-sometimes stretching his magic to 60 inches.
When Sugar Bear first opened his shop, he made his signature Springer fork up to 18 inches over stock. See: Our Four Favorite Outlaw Biker Movies. Hardy and Cliff Vaughs built the iconic Captain America and Billy motorcycles from Peter Fonda’s 1969 classic movie Easy Rider. Initially self-taught, Sugar Bear further developed his skills with Benny Hardy, another SoCal bike-building legend. Sugar Bear’s reputation was well established before he opened Sugar Bear’s Shop Chop in South Central, Los Angeles, in 1971. Shop now for motorcycle fork tubes Round Solid Steel For example, the 1976 Shovelhead Chopper for sale on eBay rocks a sweet Sugar Bear Springer, upping its cool factor ten-fold. Sugar Bear developed a signature front end rocker, and by using different rockers for different fork lengths, created choppers with crazy rakes that could still turn in smoothly. His sweet-handling forks for chopper motorcycles are masterpieces of art and engineering. The motorcycle builder known as “Sugar Bear” has been working magic on rake angles and trail since the 1960s.
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