Recieved my Bell tailwheel fork yesterday. It will obviously replace the Van's stock version, which has less ground clearance and isn't as robust in my opinion. Very cool piece of hardware and the Bell brothers were nice to deal with. I originally contacted Doug Bell, Jr. (RV8 owner) and he handled all of my correspondence and answered my questions. Then Mike Bell handled the finances and shipping. This baby set me back $220, shipping included.
The whole process took about 2 months I would guess so not too bad, especially considering I was in no hurry. The Bell TW fork has been well received by the homebuilt community as being a quality product. The problem for awhile was actually getting your hands on one. I heard of guys waiting over a year to finally get their fork. They now seem to have fixed that delay in processing.
Here is a pic with the Van's tailwheel installed..just because I thought it looked cool! ;) I may go to an after market (lighter) version later but right now I am undecided on the actual tailwheel I will use.
