It was a major breakthrough because it altered the steering geometry used in those days in other bikes. The older variants of girder front ends were fitted on Triumph’s mid 1920’s motorcycles models. It had a slider at the top and hinged lower link.
Some also contain a rebound spring but there was no concept of damping at the time. You can easily distinguish Druid forks from others, thanks to its solid front brace at the front and coil springs at the rear end. The Druid fork belonged to a parallelogram family of forks. It was fitted on an Ariel motorcycle in 1913. It is argued that the Druid springer fork was the first real set created. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact regarding any work From girder forks, Motorcycle frame straightening, restorations or Welding and fabrication work.It all began when the first girder fork assembly was created. To Keep up to date with our latest projects and work please check out our Instagram and Facebook. Jake’s eldest son, William, has been working alongside him from the age of 16 and together have built Girder forks and complete bikes for some of the worlds leading Museums, restorers, collectors and general motorcycle fanatics. The extra space allowed the business to expand into new areas, such as TIG welding, CNC Plasma cutting, Motoliner Motorcycle frame straightening, bike restoration and general fabrication and welding work. In 2010 the business outgrew the small workshop it had originated in, Jake moved the business to a bigger industrial building allowing for continued growth and larger projects such as, production runs of castle forks and also developing the Retro Forks. When the owner of the company sadly passed away Jake continued to grow the business, Mainly specialising in girder forks and classic bike frames. He Then began working for a small local engineering company specialising in vintage and classic motorcycles, the company had started to specialise in servicing and repairing girder forks and classic motorcycle frames. Starting out spannering on his own bikes this lead on to working on friends and family’s bikes. This led to a career within the motorcycle industry. Jake Robbins, Girder fork repair and restoration specialist and Head of Jake Robbins Vintage Engineering, has had a life long passion for motorcycles off all shapes and sizes.
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