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[Waltr]

Does anyone have the Rake and Trail specs for the current bikes, C5, B5 and CGT?

[jefrs]

Haywards give 26°/72mm rake/trail for the Classic 500 but I suspect this is wrong for the newest model as they also spec it with 18-in wheels and show it with the older forks. http://www.haywards.co.uk/classic1.html. I have seen correct figures for the newer straight forks with a 19-in front on the C5 but cannot find them now, they are out there. The B5 has 19-in wheels fore and aft and the CGT has 18-in both ends; they all are slightly different.

[jefrs]

Here Haywards give 25°/75mm for the Bullet B5 but again it's the older model although the B5 still has those forks sitting on 19/19-in wheels http://www.haywards.co.uk/bullet.html

[jefrs]

And buried in here we find the rake and trail for the revised straight fork on the C5 "2.0" https://royalenfield.com/motorcycles/cl ... ils/?id=19

(quote), "The boffins at Royal Enfield took this to heart and have a completely new front fork and revised geometry for the 2012 Classic range in focus here. To the unsuspecting eye this may yet look the same but peer close and you see that the forks (built by Endurance who also provide the rear gas charged shock absorbers) act directly on the axle and even though their housings remain yet in the traditional retro style, the internals and their construction are all new. The revised geometry this brings in its adoption sees the trail hiked to 101.49mm from the previous 72.54mm while the centre shift of the forks measure 26mm at a rake angle of 26.09 degrees."

Which I read as somewhat gibberish ... ... but think he's trying to say 26°/101mm (the additional trail being done at the top with a revised casquette)