gatored!!

cycleranger · Apr 30, 2016

pamcopete said:
After taking a peak under the gaiters of my Honda CB750 and seeing the total destruction of the forks from the trapped moisture, I cut them off. I had to replace the forks, they were so bad, so I installed some forks from a Yamaha XS650 along with the 64 spoke wheel, disk, caliper and fender.

Thankfully, the forks on my K5 only rusted where they weren't covered by gaiters.
This is before I cleaned them up and reused them, and installed new gaiters.
I also added XR gaiters when I restored my XL250s.
Personally, I like gaiter look, but I appreciate the bare looks as well.

Copterpilot_57 · May 1, 2016

Good job Angus.. That's a nice looking bike..

5twins · May 1, 2016

I've had gaiters on most of my bikes for many, many years. Never had any tube rusting problems. I think I am going to start wiping them down with a little oil or grease though.

gatored!!

cycleranger

Generally Ok.

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