Well I told you I was going to do a black ft end. Here’s what I did, I got some 1 and ¾ aluminum pipe and had it cut to the predetermined length. (with my new 5 degree trees it was 7 inches but stock trees are less) I put these tubes on a broom stick and gave them 2 coats primer, 2 coats black and 2 coats of clear. First I took the tank off, then installed the new trees. I put the smaller 39mm gator-boots and here’s the tricky part, I put some weather-stripping inside of the new tube pieces so they would not vibrate or rattle. I put a little oil on the weather-stripping and kind of screwed in the fork tube, worked like a dream. I was a bit upset because the hole in the top tree was not large enough to feed the wire harness through so I had to splice two of the large connectors, but the end result turned out very nice. I should have some stock parts like trees, fender, and more fork tubing if anyone is interested in giving this a shot on their bike. I'll probably put up an ad in the want-ads. I'll post some more pics when she's back together.

 

Why don't you post the detailed procedure in the DIY sticky?

 

I still have problems locating topics and I thought sticky's were closed? I'll look into it if there is enough interest. I do have some left-over stuff that I'd let go for the cost of shipping, just let me finish up and do an inventory.

 

"Black is the new Chrome"

Trust me, no it isn't. It's just black.

 

I'm a confessed Chrome *****.

 

When I bought my bike it was more black than chrome. Today it's vise versa....there must be a reason