When I shared the Cycle World article on Honda’s MX history (and specifically highlighted the prototype RC250 with the alternative Ribi front end), commenter yrrah ended up linking to a fantastic article on funny front ends (FFEs) in motocross history that I thought was also worth sharing.
Personal highlights of the article include the Villa MX250 with Ribi “Quadrilateral” forks (photo featured above) as well as this Wasp sidecar rig with two Yamaha 650cc engines:
photo from http://motocrossactionmag.com/features/the-fork-design-that-time-forgot-the-history-of-leading-link-forks
Those are obviously just a couple – for the rest of the article, head on over to Motocross Action Magazine.