Sam W

Thanks for the heads up and that is another mod that im looking into doing in the future - did you notice any difference with more "normal" riding as ive seen a lot of pre 65 trials bikes have longer rear shocks and as i wont plan on jumping at all, do you have any idea if this shall be a problem for me? Thanks again, Sam

Thank you for the response but based off the other replies ive realised i may be getting myself into more than i understand just yet - thank you again though and ill re asses this once the bike is complete and i have a full view on what im working with!

Thanks for the page and i managed to find exactly what you were referring to, and it was a big help - theres a lot more to it than i originally realised so thanks for the heads up :)

Thanks for the response and after reading everyones responses and yours, i have decided to follow your advice and leave it as standard, atleast for the time being until i know how it rides once complete - if its too bad there will still be time to change it then! Thanks again, Sam

Hi guys, Not sure if you will be able to help but I have an disassembled Bantam D5 frame which is partway through a trials conversion. I would like to change the headstock angle but can't any information on how much to change it. I am unsure of the original angle from when the bike is built up with original forks and rear shocks - I would like to increase both the front and rear by the same height, so if I could find the original angle of the forks when resting, I could tweak this by x amount until I have the angle I require, which will remain constant despite the height. Has anybody else done this modification and knows how much to change it by, or does anyone have an original built Bantam D5 that they could measure the headstock angle on for me please? Many thanks, Sam