Lower fork protection/guards for non inverted forks

[rwl6935]

Anyone have any luck finding something that works?

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by rwl6935

Anyone have any luck finding something that works?

That's what fork gaiters are for. Unfortunetley, Chinese fork gaiters are made of infieror rubber. But Japanese, English, Swedish, Italian, and Spanish fork gaiters last a long time....ARH

[humanbeing]

Originally Posted by Ariel Red Hunter

That's what fork gaiters are for. Unfortunetley, Chinese fork gaiters are made of infieror rubber...

Look for Indian seller in fleabay etc. Those thingy are solid & reasonable price

[rwl6935]

Thanks! I looked on fleabay but didn't see anything universal.

[rwl6935]

Originally Posted by Ariel Red Hunter

That's what fork gaiters are for. Unfortunetley, Chinese fork gaiters are made of infieror rubber. But Japanese, English, Swedish, Italian, and Spanish fork gaiters last a long time....ARH

I think you're thinking about the rubber boots that protect the upper portion of the forks. I'm looking for the plastic half round covers for the lower half of the fork.

[Bruce's]

I don't recall ever seeing them for old school forks ,we certainly didn't run them back in the day even on very pricey fork legs .If you really want them ,how about cutting up an inner tube or a mountain bike tire and tie wrapping it to the lower legs .The point of the covers is to keep the chrome legs from rocks ,dents,pitting as that will ruin the seals in quick time ,on a standard set of fork bottoms ,the seals are at the top and it would take a hell of a lot of pounding to damage them .

[chuck]

I know what are you talking about,I had them on my first bike a 1987 Dt125 it was for esthetics only.I think I had them zip tied.

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by Bruce's

I don't recall ever seeing them for old school forks ,we certainly didn't run them back in the day even on very pricey fork legs .If you really want them ,how about cutting up an inner tube or a mountain bike tire and tie wrapping it to the lower legs .The point of the covers is to keep the chrome legs from rocks ,dents,pitting as that will ruin the seals in quick time ,on a standard set of fork bottoms ,the seals are at the top and it would take a hell of a lot of pounding to damage them .

Yes, that's right. There have been three types of direct acting hydraulic forks. The original AJS/Matchless "Teledraulic" fork, which used outside springs, and all of their copies. (EVERYBODY copied them, with variations) Then came Ceriani forks, with internal springs, and dust seals that run directly on the stanchion. Then came upside down forks. There was another fork, a "Dowty Oleomatic" which had no springs, just air. These were employed by manufacturers that didn't want to, or couldn't develop their own fork. Gaiters were originally used on the Teledraulic type forks to protect the seals and springs on competition bikes that had all of the excess ironmongary stripped off in order to save weight. Although people put gaiters on Ceriani type forks now, back in the day we never did. The Hawk uses a Ceriani type fork. The upside down fork is the one that wears booties. Whether for looks, or from necessity, I don't know. If they are that fragile, I don't want them....ARH

[pete]

There were once lower protectors for the older
enduro bikes way back when... PEs / ITs / XRs /KDXs
not seen them since....

you must ride behind a lot of bikes tossing rocks up to need them
or is it a bling thing..


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[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by pete

There were once lower protectors for the older
enduro bikes way back when... PEs / ITs / XRs /KDXs
not seen them since....

you must ride behind a lot of bikes tossing rocks up to need them
or is it a bling thing..


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I think it is the bling thing....ARH

[rwl6935]

Originally Posted by chuck

I know what are you talking about,I had them on my first bike a 1987 Dt125 it was for esthetics only.I think I had them zip tied.

Exactly! I was thinking of making them out of 2" pvc pipe and zip tying them on.

[rwl6935]

Originally Posted by Ariel Red Hunter

I think it is the bling thing....ARH

Haha... oh yeah, it's a bling thing.

I had an ossa 500 and a kx500, both were two strokers. If you were behind either one of those bikes you'd better have fork protectors, chest protect and ever other protector available because you'd kick up softball size rocks.... basicly root tillers.

[pete]

Ossa 500..what model was it ?.. dirt bike?
from memory the 500 Yankee was a road bike..
Thats the only one I can think of.....




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[rwl6935]

Can't remember the exact model because it was so many years ago, but I do remember someone saying something about it being a sand bike. It had a 21" front rim and an 18" rear which was unusual in the late 70s. It also had a down swept expansion chamber.

It was a scary fast bike.