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Got some of these Beautys delivered today.

Any tips on fitting them, as ive never done it before?



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All sorted guys, easy job and cleaned the forks up too which look spankin.

 

To the people that have these does yours seem too long? Did you fold them over at all? 



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I cut mine down

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do u rekon the socks will look pants with normall wheels and offroad tyres =/

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Nah they're just seal savers that look better than OEM, get em fitted

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my dtr looks good with um on better than the stupid looking standerd 1'z and there much easyer to clean

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They do look much better!! When you clean the old ones they still look dirty, and pretty much still are.

 

Think ill fold them 1st if no good then cut the badboys down.

 

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Mine are folded mate but cutting them down probably is better

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How do you get them on? could you slip them over the bottom of the fork leg or would it tear it?


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id imagen it would tear id just loosen off the bolts on the top and bottom yoke and slide the top of the forks out and slip it on XD

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Their quite tight, best bet is to rip the fork legs out, takes 2 minutes. piece of piss!!

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Mine are on order. :P taking forever to get here. I got those little plastic things on my forks, will they affect it?

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bkray wrote:

Mine are on order. :P taking forever to get here. I got those little plastic things on my forks, will they affect it?

 Yes street cred will go down a bit lol

 

You wont technically need them anymore mate as the socks will protect the seals and the legs from chips. I took mine off, gained about 5bhp's lol . Any weight saved = a faster DT biggrin



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more like 5 sheland pony power lol

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lol, thats what it is... maybe if i take my engine out, itll go quicker. :P

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do i get long or short socks for dtx forks?

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short ones dont cover the hole fork leg and does anyone else have a problem when i get off the bike it looks sick but when i get on it all crinkles up and i dislike it lol

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no comment...... lol sorry dude nowt can be done about that so ur gonna have to keep that front end up all the way lol

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lol so it isent just me i thought i put them on wrong or something and the front end will neaver be on the floor when i get used to the power lmao

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Bringing up the subject again, being a noob im wanting to get some acerbis fork socks for my dt with the standards forks, when i look on ebay there are only the USDS (link) but will they still fit?lol

if not could someone give me the website of where to get them from for standard dt forks??

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-- Edited by reefvodka on Saturday 15th of October 2011 12:07:39 PM

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Anyone?? Come on peeps, know some of ya has got some :)

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i made mine outta laptop cases from pound shop cost me 4pound and they are velcro so can be removed and washed in the machine

+you can get the dust outta them easyer



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i will add pic

 



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Nice mate, go for it :)

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http://www.mx1west.co.uk/acatalog/Acerbis_Fork_Gaiters.html

There's this thing called google ......... search and you will find!

Click the link above (or cut & paste) .... scroll down the page ..... you want the 365mm ones .... sorted

Stick the bike on a workshop stand (or beer crate), drop the front wheel off, undo the pinch bolts holding the fork leg, slide fork out of yolks, slide the gaiter over like a big condom with a whole in the end and refit the fork leg (obviously do this for both legs).

Cable tie the gaiters to hold them in place once you've got them how you want them. They will look like saggy stockings as soon as you sit on the bike.

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really, never knew that? ;) only had looked on ebay at the time :)

sorry couldnt click the link mate, its not a hyperlink?? ;)

glad you said i could cut and paste? ;)

jokes, thanks for that mate :)





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Reef you're very welcome my friend

Life would be soooo boring without the banter

Good luck with the socks - get a pic up on here when you've done 'em.



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Here's what mine look like - I didn't fart about with 'em too much

 

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True that :) will do mate and nice mann, looks good

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Really clean mate, whole bike looks nice!

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