QUOTE (DOUG @ Aug 2 2009, 02:27 PM)

Garage sale find I picked up yesterday. The person I got it from said it's been hanging up in the garage since 1980. Anyone know the history behind these?
That looks like a replacement fork, but it's hard to tell. In the industry during the 80's the Viscount fork was known as the "death Fork". They were a cast aluminum fork (I think) that was brittle like dry spaghetti. If you plan on riding it go get a cheap chromo fork from you LBS just to be safe. The Viscount frames were cheap and pretty light for the time. It's not a collect piece, but a cool bit of history. Except the fork that is.