Ducati front end modification • Ducati front end modification • USCA Sidecar Forum • United Sidecar Association %

#1 · September 26, 2017, 8:02 pm

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?

#2 · September 26, 2017, 8:17 pm

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...

#3 · September 26, 2017, 10:18 pm

Yeah, sounds like DMC's leading legs for the Scrambler. They look like this--

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#4 · September 26, 2017, 10:20 pm

The guy at the rally--he spoke with a french accent?

#5 · September 27, 2017, 10:45 am

Oui--thought he might be Canadian--but he is actually French. I lived in Tacoma many years--my cuz said it's really exploding.

#6 · September 28, 2017, 9:18 am

Hi Drone, You thinking of the Frenchman I think you are? Philippe? Certainly one of the good guys!

#7 · September 29, 2017, 2:30 pm

Was it this guy???

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

#8 · September 29, 2017, 6:00 pm

you bet!!!

#9 · October 1, 2017, 12:11 pm

How did we know?

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!

#10 · October 1, 2017, 7:06 pm

Thanks for the pic--AZ riding season is here, so putting off all mods in favor of riding 😉