Fork Protectors

[Firehawk068]

It's snowing at Alan's house...what else does he have to do?   

Yup!   

[ken65]

Ok here's a pic of them, the internal measurement of the pipe was about 53mm from memory. I cut out abit of a slot so they can slip over the stanchion then onto the slider, its a firm fit but i will still use a zip lock on them.  I cant test it yet as i dont have any brakes on the bike, but will report back.. I may have to modify them to work ,worst case scenario ive blown 20 cents worth of pipe..

[FJ1100mjk]

I cant test it yet as i dont have any brakes on the bike, but will report back...

I wouldn't let that stop you. No pun intended.

Brakes, are highly overrated. 

[ken65]

you were right Tony, didn't even look like working . Anyway i couldnt be bothered experimenting. For now i will track down an old fork gator like this , cut it in half and put half on either side.

[aviationfred]

I wonder how well these work. 


http://www.ebay.com/itm/271444996062?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


Fred

[ken65]

Thats an interesting concept Fred, hard to tell but the protector bit would be about 2" or so. They'd have to work, .  Might trim mine after all and see.

ken

[skymasteres]

Oh wow. Those are brilliant. I don't know about the quality of the oil seals, but that dust seal is kickass!

[racerrad8]

I case everyone forgot, RPM has them in stock; RPM fork protector

Randy -RPM

[ken65]

i think the ones that fred put the link to are the fork protector which is incorporated with the dust seal, not just a stand alone fork protector that you sell..

[ken65]

I cut another 1/2 " off the top of my pipe ones, made no difference.  Stupid bloody things..

[Bones]

Ken, If you trim them back so they don't go around the fork so much they should be ok. You only basically need a flat part on the front for protection and that'll clear the triple tree on suspension compression.

[ken65]

ok tony, i understand were your coming from, i'll give it a crack tomorrow and see how it goes..

ken.

as an aside..  i was told that my bike looked like it was down low on the rear suspension.(FAT PRICK). Alas i adjusted my rear from 2 to 5 and it sorted most rear end hassles that i'm aware of... .. then i fitted new front fork seals and new 10w fork oil. . the black sludge that came out of the sliders felt like a slap in the face to me in as far i really need to up my maintenance regime, as  just with couple of adjustments my bike has been transformed.

[Firehawk068]

I wonder how well these work. 


http://www.ebay.com/itm/271444996062?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


Fred

These also look like they would work with a fork brace. 

[ken65]

well Tony i took your advice about narrowing the front,,, ,   it works well,    i will post up some pics just later, waiting for the paint to dry... with your brains and my looks, we could corner the south east QLD market.. then the world....ha

[Bones]

Hahaha, my brains and your looks, mmmm......... I think we both need a lot of help in those areas Ken.  Glad you finally got them worked out.