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Old Nov 3, 2018 | 08:56 PM
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Put it all together today. Powder Coated wheels, New Floating Rotors and Pads up front, New Pads in Rear.

Looks a lot better and the wheels will be so much easier to keep clean. Nice to have some solid stopping power without all the vibration I was getting from my warped rotors.

***** Shiny did a great job on the powder coating!
 
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 23Seven
Put it all together today. Powder Coated wheels, New Floating Rotors and Pads up front, New Pads in Rear.

Looks a lot better and the wheels will be so much easier to keep clean. Nice to have some solid stopping power without all the vibration I was getting from my warped rotors.

***** Shiny did a great job on the powder coating!
Man, no pic?
 
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 03:31 PM
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Man, no pic?
I’ll take pic and post up later... What was I thinking?
 
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 08:12 PM
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I’m happy with the new look!
 
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 03:00 PM
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Any thoughts on the black knuckle wheels?
 
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 03:22 PM
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I like the Black powder coat, I think I'll do mine as well when I put new tires on, I'm blaking out parts little by little. going to take some chrome to powder coat this winter.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 07:07 PM
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I’m hoping I didn’t catch the black out bug? I got more performance mods to do before I “Paint it black”.

If chrome don’t get you home? What would one say about black?
 
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 08:50 PM
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I been thinking about using ***** to exchange my knuckle wheels to chrome. I got the forks on exchange from him and they still look great after 5 years. Been on the fence on the wheels just because of the thought of keeping them clean. I feel they would be easier to clean then the stock knuckles.


 
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by RCCola45
I been thinking about using ***** to exchange my knuckle wheels to chrome. I got the forks on exchange from him and they still look great after 5 years. Been on the fence on the wheels just because of the thought of keeping them clean. I feel they would be easier to clean then the stock knuckles.


Black wheels would look great on your bike... Just my .02˘
 
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If you have the time,cut every 7th spoke out,starting with a spoke next to the air valve. You now have a custom wheel that is much easier to air up..
 
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