Maybe I've got the history wrong, but I thought the "death forks" were in the early years, when the bikes were still branded Lambert. I thougt the fork failures were one factor that forced an ownership change and the name change to Viscount.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Dan Kehew <dan.kehew@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, can anyone tell me how to identify the whether it has the 'death
> fork'?
Recently came into possession of an astonishingly clean Viscount myself. From what I recall from earlier online hunting, mine appears to have been produced with the later steel fork as indicated by chrome extending about half-way up from the dropout. Paint match is exact, however, so I'm guessing this fork is original to the frame.
And strangely, despite the bike's clean state, I fear one comes to expect a Viscount to have the death fork. As if a Ford Pinto ain't a Ford Pinto without actual flames erupting from it.
Dan Kehew
Davis (awful hot) California