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(@otmike)
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Went to a motorcycle rally Sunday at a large dealer in Scottsdale, Arizona. A guy showed up with a triumph/watsonian rig. He had a picture on his phone of a new Front end modification for Ducati (a scrambler in this case) for sidecar use. I didn't have a lot of time to get details 🙁 but I believe he said DMC made it. Consisted mainly of two L shaped plates which mounted to the bottom of the fork tubes, relocating the axle and Front wheel forward.
A remarkable creation, have not been able to find any info on the Internet. I'm extremely interested, has anybody out there heard of this adaptation?


 
Posted : September 26, 2017 3:02 pm
(@Anonymous)
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Sounds like "leading links" or "leading legs"... You should find some threads on the forum here easily enough and elsewhere with the help of Google...


 
Posted : September 26, 2017 3:17 pm
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Yeah, sounds like DMC's leading legs for the Scrambler. They look like this--

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Posted : September 26, 2017 5:18 pm
(@ned)
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The guy at the rally--he spoke with a french accent?


 
Posted : September 26, 2017 5:20 pm
(@otmike)
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Oui--thought he might be Canadian--but he is actually French. I lived in Tacoma many years--my cuz said it's really exploding.


 
Posted : September 27, 2017 5:45 am
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Hi Drone, You thinking of the Frenchman I think you are? Philippe? Certainly one of the good guys!


 
Posted : September 28, 2017 4:18 am
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Was it this guy???

me...bragging about my trophy for the Triumph!!!


 
Posted : September 29, 2017 9:30 am
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you bet!!!


 
Posted : September 29, 2017 1:00 pm
(@ned)
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How did we know? Tongue out

Here is a pic of Philippe and me with our SO's, and Philippe with the leading leg Triumph in question.

Oops! I guess I'm not in the picture -- somebody had to hold the camera I guess!


 
Posted : October 1, 2017 7:11 am
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Thanks for the pic--AZ riding season is here, so putting off all mods in favor of riding 😉


 
Posted : October 1, 2017 2:06 pm