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Old 04-24-2014, 05:43 AM
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Looking for some nice smooth covers for these bolts for my 07 FXSTB. Preferably in black but not necessary. I found a company in Europe that sold them but lost the website months ago and can no longer find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated
 
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Boy I have never seen one. How does their size compare to a rear axle nut or the suspension pivot bolt? Perhaps you could use one of those covers if the size is similar.
 
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Thanks for the input, but no other covers will fit the fork tube nuts. I know HD makes a black set with an emblem on the top, but they are far from what I'm after. I've google searched just about every name or phrase I can think of but still can't find this website I found that made beauty tubes and these fork nut covers. Even if I could find sone nice smooth chrome ones to paint black. I'm surprised more people don't make these
 
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These?
 
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These?
Not quiet what I had in mind but they still look better then anything I've found so far thanks man. What brand are those? Accutronix make some smooth ones I see but I'm stumped as why they look double the height or more of the nut head it self it's covering
 
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These?
Where the hell did you dig these out from ?
 
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These are the accutronix ones, I as hoping for smoothing like the smooth ones but a lower more smaller fit
 
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Not sure if this is what you're after, but when I was redoing my front end I had them pc'd black. They blend right in with the top tree, and the torque required on them isn't near enough to damage the PC. I placed a microfiber over them and tightend with an adjustable wrench. Keeps them low profile because the risers I went with barely clear as is.

Thanks for the props in the other thread, I have admired your train as well. Nicely put together scoot!

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Thanks Jreichart. I was wondering how they would hold up PC'd. I may end up running shorter risers like yours if the cops keep hassling me with the bar height, then the caps wouldn't fit so that's why I'm being picky on the overall height of them. If I run out of luck I might run with the PC idea. Thanks for chippin in on this one
 
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Like this?



Or if you want to spend $500 on them:


Yamaha one, but hey, if it fits......:


Hayabusa, probably make your bike go faster:



All I did was do a Google IMAGE search and looked at results......take a look, there are a **** load on there.......if you find some cheap, let me know, I would add them to my Train...>
 


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