Roadholder forks

I assume they are short roadholders with the damping tube and rods? I think my dampers had 2 holes above the taper, but canât be sure, you can buy new ones from AN and RGM, Iâm sure theyâd post them overseas. If I were you Iâd put them in and see how they work.

this prob explains it all! http://www.nocnsw.org.au/technical/norton-roadholders

That's an interesting article.

A toolmaker friend of mine says that there are two major faults with the Roadholder fork. The slider is way too short, and there is too much stiction. He advises using a teflon upper bush to reduce the stiction.

There is little compression damping in the early short Roadholder. The plate at the bottom of the damper rod has deep cuts into it. The Commando fork got a compression damper plate with shallow flats at the edge, giving less by-pass when the shuttle valve is open during compression

I read somewhere that a company offers a modern damper insert for Roadholders, but have not found out who this is, and what the item is exactly. Anyone know?

Paul

RGM offer the 'Covenant Conversion'. It's less than £12. There is previous discussion on this site.

I googled 'Covenant Conversion' and got this page on AccessNorton:

https://www.accessnorton.com/NortonCommando/covenant-conversion.1018/

If you scroll down to a post by Norbsa48503, he describes a further set of developments, but frustratingly, does not give a contact / business name etc, and not quite enough information on his version of the Covenant. Such as what the Ford valve spring is

Paul

Previously David Cooper wrote:

RGM offer the 'Covenant Conversion'. It's less than £12. There is previous discussion on this site.