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do I just flip the shock mount around so the shock can lay flat, parallel to the top tube of the urt and mount the other end to the steerer/pivot area?
Now is the time to draw graphs and do maths.
Also consider the failure mode, you don't want a shock to be aimed at your face if something fails.
Emyr-
One of the tutors at the welding class looked at my mock up photo from more of an engineers viewpoint than I had been and pointed out a few things (shock still going to rip itself apart under braking, braking would stop the fork compressing, travel path less than ideal) and suggested a few others like flipping the swingarm around and running the shock under the downtube but I think to make it work I'd have to increase the a2c such that it wouldn't fit the frame and it wouldn't be as attractive.
Plus I put that awesome Orange F8 fork back on and it looks boss.
Going to start tigging this week at the class, I've prepared a few practice joints and then have this,
To move onto if I get on well enough.
I haven't cut the front mitres yet, will do that once I get the 2 'stem' pieces attached to the steerer clamp.
Think the mitres I have cut look pretty good for being completely done with manual hand tools.
Also going to see if I can weld a sliding disc mount to the rear of the Hummus and do away with the sharkfin.
I have one of this type to work with,
M_V
Here's what I'm looking at so far.
Will probably make something that mounts above the headtube and hangs down to mount the top of the shock to, may move the bottom shock mount inboard a bit. Dropouts can't be used as is so will hopefully plasma cut new ones with integrated disc mount or try and utilise premade dropout and disc mount section of another donor fork.
Edit: Or do I just flip the shock mount around so the shock can lay flat, parallel to the top tube of the urt and mount the other end to the steerer/pivot area?