Originally Posted by
guy153
If you remove material you make things weaker. The fork is going to be weaker. Fact. This position is easily supported. Is it going to be too weak? You will probably get away with it. But it's up to you. I would not want to take the risk myself.
Again; respectfully, that doesn't really says much. Take your entire statement and replace "hole" for "light fork". The statement is equally correct but doesn't address whether it is significant enough.
And once again; I'm not argue to defend the point. I'll be the first one to tell you "I don't know". Heck; will the fork be prone at breaking here during a frontal crash? Even at the lower leverage point it builds a point where this outcome is most likely but on the other hand the crash itself takes the cake, not whether the fork broke post facto.