New Black forks
New Black forks
I've been in the process of blacking out my bike for a while now, and the last big piece of the puzzle was to do my forks. Well, as an early birthday present, my mom and dad got me a set of black lower fork legs and cow bells. Having no idea how to take my forks apart or get them off the bike I tackled the project after consulting my manual, this forum and a post by deluxe drew I went to work. All in all, it took me about 6hrs doing all but a couple of things by myself. I had to run to Lowes to get a 6mm 3/8 allen driver. To make a fork seal tool, I got a 3ft long piece of schedule 40 1.5" pvc pipe, cut it length wise and used a pipe clamp to hold it together just above the fork seal then pounded it in place with a rubber mallet. It worked really well as I coated the inside of the split pipe with fork oil to get it to slide easier. Over all, i would say that he job was more time consuming then difficult and I could probably knock out the job in 3 hrs or so with some help now the I know what I'm doing. But anyway here are some pics.
Before:
In progress:
And finally finished.
Before:
In progress:
And finally finished.
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Too bad you didn't upgrade the sorry *** front suspension while you had everything off and apart.
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Hell, I don't get paid enough to drop that much on a set of wheels and rotors. I wish I did though.
I've never really had a problem with the stock suspension. I've switched out shocks before with some high end progressives on previous bikes and never really felt much of a difference and couldn't justify the prices they ask for that stuff.
I've never really had a problem with the stock suspension. I've switched out shocks before with some high end progressives on previous bikes and never really felt much of a difference and couldn't justify the prices they ask for that stuff.
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Don't listen to the "Negative Nellie's" who have to counter every positive w/no beneficial feedback. I'm w/you on the wheels (why...$pendy bling & round works fine) & suspension (HD's fine...just needs better fluid). Great job tackling the front-end & bike looks scary hanging w/no front on jack. You did an awesome job & making me want to get mine off/coated/installed too...keep up the great work!