Bonanza BC1300 forks???

[BRad1983]

Picked this bike up in gilroy from the back of a tow yard, doing a full restoration but can’t figure out if these are actual bonanza forks.

 

[Skipp]

Appears at one time it was….looks to me to be slightly modified?

are the bars welded on or just held on by the neck bolt?

 

[BRad1983]

Appears at one time it was….looks to me to be slightly modified?

are the bars welded on or just held on by the neck bolt?

So it looks to me that somebody wanted a monkey bike(ct70) really bad haha and they cut and modified the top plate of the original fork, also chopping the top of both fork legs. I’ve since cut all of that off and am in the middle of filling back in the plates that were supposed to be there. Pics to come

 

[Skipp]

The fork
Legs look ok…they have a plug in the top that attaches yo a spring

 

[BRad1983]

The fork
Legs look ok…they have a plug in the top that attaches yo a spring

I only question the bottom legs as they look like Rupps

 

[Skipp]

Yes somethings not right there….those spacers are welded on to those legs…

 

[Skipp]

Thsts what they should look like

 

[BRad1983]

The fork
Legs look ok…they have a plug in the top that attaches yo a spring

I only question the bottom legs as they look like Rupps

Thsts what they should look like
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yea my thoughts exactly! So it looks like a bonanza upper half with lowers from something else because where the axle bushings are welded on looks like factory welds. Very strange haha

 

[Jules The Great]

Those forks are from a K&S Hornet Deluxe, someone swapped them on there. Not from a Bonanza.