Originally Posted by
graywolf
For a display the steering tube could be straightened, but I would not want to ride it. The steering tube can also be replaced, but the heat would ruin that nice paint (the pinstriping is still intact). So trying to find another fork does seem to be the best option. I guess it depends upon how much the bicycle means to you.
The fellow who cold set his did so on a DL-1 (mind the frame angles). He has been riding it with no ill effects to the fork.
-Kurt