12-12-2006, 02:39 PM | #1 |
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Front Fork Tube Protectors
I think I might try to see if these will fit my Lifan. The fork tubes are very unprotected and I need a way to keep the mud and debris off as much as possible. Anyone have experience with this product?
http://www.sealsavers.com
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12-12-2006, 03:16 PM | #2 |
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what type of forks are on your bike? conventional or inverted
The best thing for conventional in my oppinion are the accordian style rubber boots... those are pretty easy to find. For inverted the hard plastic covers are good because rocks from riders in front of you (on an MX track at least) will ding that crap out of the tube/sliders.... I had a brand new bike that broke one of those early in a harescramble --- the seal on that leg was leaking by the end of the race. Dirt, twigs/debree, and nicked up tubes are a seals worst enemy. I've seen people using sealsavers, but I didn't think they really offered protection the way the old boots did -- kind of looked to me like just an extended wiper for the seals.
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12-12-2006, 04:02 PM | #3 | |
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12-12-2006, 06:11 PM | #4 |
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I put fork gators on my XL600 cause when I bought it, they were missing. They work well to protect the tubes on conventional forks.
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12-13-2006, 01:19 PM | #5 |
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I wonder if you could somehow take rubber fork boots and make a buffer/bumper like thing at the bottom out of something like pipe insulating foam and attach the boots to that foam.
I can kind of picture it working --- provides protection from dings as well as dirt. You'd zip tie them tight to the upper part of the fork and maybe sew it to the foam down below. Hmmmm - got my curiousity going now, but my bikes all have the hard protectors on them so I don't have a need to experiment with it. :(
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12-13-2006, 03:35 PM | #6 |
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Go to the Jetmoto wesite. The dirt only GY200 they sell has fork protectors and the forks look the same as the Lifan or other street inverted forks. Perhaps they could sell a set. Do a search we discussed this back this summer or early fall.
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12-22-2006, 10:21 AM | #7 |
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I ended up buying rubber fork boots that fits mid-80's Honda CL's and XT's from Ebay.
I pulled off the fork tubes and with a little WD-40, they slipped on. Now I just have to get some clamps or big tie-wraps. I'll take pictures and post soon. I think they worked great!! Doesn't look too bad either. Here are the boots. $22 bucks incl shipping.
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12-22-2006, 04:55 PM | #8 |
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Fork Protectors
Dude, I think your Fork Protectors are Alright! For inverted eh?
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12-22-2006, 10:58 PM | #9 |
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I have a question how do you install these is it necessary to seperate upper from lower half of forks ?
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12-23-2006, 12:42 PM | #11 |
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Very cool! looks liike a good investment in the safety of tubes and seals. I will need to get some as well is this the place
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORK-...64473011QQrdZ1 Thanks Ray
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12-24-2006, 09:33 AM | #12 |
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Pictures of boots changed to better quality
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12-24-2006, 07:00 PM | #13 |
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looks like it turned out really nice. Those will provide the protection you were looking for - much better than the seal savers were going to be.
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