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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 06:32 PM
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I decided to do a little work to my forks.

I bought some chrome plated sliders off of eBay and some Arlen Ness "cowbells".

The sliders were highly polished and triple chromed.

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I'll post pics when I get them on.

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I did the same for mine, except I painted them to match the bike and diamond cut the edges
 
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Now is the time to put in a set of lowering springs, if you were thinking of doing that.
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yeah, that looks great!
 
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I like.....!
 
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Did that set-up last winter, you'll be happy they look great.
 
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where did your chrome lowers come from ? i just finished mine.
 
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