Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
I don't know... maybe its because I am 58 years old and no longer dazzled by all this stuff, but I can't see any good reason to put a brand new fork in a 20 year old frame. Unless, maybe, the fork was damaged due to a crash... I would be worried about the frame as well in that case. Still, no reason to use a brand new fork, way cheaper to find a used one of the same kind as the damaged one.
Part of the actual threading of the original fork is just a bit petered out at the top, perhaps from an older bodge job gone awry. While the bike was stable enough in its older position, once I removed it and saw the threading, and adding in the upgrading ideas, a new fork popped into mind rather quickly. Anyway that was my thought process.