News:
December-08 - German magazine MO has an aricle on the Eckert Honda.
December-08 - Stickers! We have stickers now! Just go to Gear.
Oktober-08 - The second volume of Colin Seeleys autobiography 'Racer - and the Rest' is out, covering the years from 1970, also featuring the Seeley Honda. Go to www.redlinebooks.co.uk, and 'Men and Machines'.
September-07 - A movie on Egli is in the making, a trailer is already available at www.eglifilm.eu.
August-07 - 10 years of Satanic Mechanic! In August 1997, I started the first page on special frames and performance modifications for the Honda CB 750 SOHC/4. To see how the Satanic Mechanic pages looked back then, click here.
07-Juli-07 - The first book on Fritz Egli is out. Bilingual, 280 pages. Go to www.egli-book.de or call Michael Niemann: +49-2371-25292.
30-June-07 - Fritz Egli is celebrating his 70th Birthday. All the best, Fritz!
20-June-07 - German magazine 'Klassik Motorrad' has a four page article on the Bimota HB1.
04-May-07 - German magazine Oldtimer Markt has an article on Rickman CRs.
06-February-07 - German magazine 'Klassik Motorrad' has a 22 page article on EGLI.
31-December-06 - Am letzten Tag in 2006 geht die deutsche Version online.
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Zabrocky
Günter Zabrocky from Germany was well known among motorcyclists since the Sixties for his Hydra SS front fork, based on the Horex telescopic fork. This fork was mainly used in BMWs. Later on, Zabrocky also adapted his damping system also to Honda CB 450 and CB 750 forks. In total, about 600 forks, each with it's unique serial number, were modified by Zabrocky. The last was built around 1982.
Here is a CB 750 K1 fork, modified by Zabrocky. Only the left leg contains the damping system, the right leg also has a damping rod, but it has large enough bores to show no real damping.
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The two dampers |
Fork legs with bushings |
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Left leg with damper |
Right leg with damper |
The stock holes in the fork legs are bored out. Zabrocky also used longer upper bushings (approx. twice as long than stock) and softer springs, ground for progressive characteristics.
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Springs modified by Zabrocky |
All forks were marked |
The present
Günter Zabrocky died January 16th, 1995 at the age of 64, and his business disappeared.
