The motorcycle was a few feet away, the front forks bent and the chain gone.
The non-standard frame design would not accommodate a traditional front fork.
This fact is apparent in choppers which have long front forks.
For handling, the front fork is the most critical part of a motorcycle.
The fall broke his front forks and the rest of the race rode by.
The main frame of the bicycle plus the front fork.
The front forks are slightly different between the two models.
The very first Monkey bikes did not have any suspension but this was soon added to the front forks.
It had a link from the second set of handlebars to the front fork.
Modified, they became the front forks on the slash-5 models introduced for the 1970 model year.