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For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
I recently polished my fork tins, but afterward, I got to wondering how it would look with them gone. I have seen a few on here that have a custom triple tree, but my question is, How does it look with the fork tins removed with stock trees? I want to put gaiters on, but I don't want the forks to look like a**. Thanks for your input.
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Bam. Stock tree painted silver with the outer boss for the tins removed.



 
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Last Edit: 2010/08/08 17:49 By jamie99roadstar.
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
I'm going the same way on my 05 too. I think they look just fine. Jamie I was going to paint my lower tree and now that I have seen yours I know I will. Thanks!
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Jamie , that is a great looking front end , but where the H** are your signal lights ? !! also are the Fork tubes chrome under the Covers normally ....anyone know ?
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Aren't the turns the LED rings just above the lower tree? If so, that's pretty trick.
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
I agree with the signal/turn led's. If thats what they are where did you get them?
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Sailrider, the forks are chrome under the covers. They'll just be dirty when you pull the tins off. And yes, the LED rings on the forks are my turns and signal lights. They are on full brightness all the time, and then flash off and on when you turn your siganls on. I made them out of some aluminum round bar on the lathe, then JB welded the LED strips in them. You can get the strips off eBay in any colour you want. You'll likely need to cut them down to length when you get them though.
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Your pretty creative Jamie. Thats the cleanest front turn signal set up I've seen.
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
i wonder if that piece that can be used to hide the center of the tree will fit the fork uppers aswell?
 
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Re:For those with no fork tins 1 Year, 9 Months ago  
Are you talking about the one from Pro One? It may work. It would likely require some notching for where the riser bolts/nuts are.
 
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