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 Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap?

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Nubetoob87





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PostSubject: Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap?   Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap? EmptyFri Oct 14, 2016 5:02 pm

I found a 2010 wrr on Craigslist a month ago, couldn't pass it up. 1800 miles, talked him down to $3250. So i was happy with my purchase but after staring at those gold forks for a while, I stated to really hate them. I dont know what Yamaha was thinking. Anyway...
I'm going to be mostly riding on the road. And I'm buying a set of street tired and rims. But I'm at a standstill because I need to decide what's possible to change as far as my forks go. I love the look of the wrx, and yeah, maybe I shoula thought about that before I bought the wrr, but here I am.
I want black forks.
I also would love to powder coat the frame, but I hear that the cost in labor for disassembly/reassembly is a lot.
Anyone know anything about swapping forks? Can I get a pair of wrx forks and slap em on? Anyone have any knowledge About disassembling the bike to powder coat the frame?
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Biglake





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PostSubject: Re: Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap?   Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap? EmptySat Oct 15, 2016 8:39 am

You can wrap the stock forks to make them look different, heres the first wrap I found on ebay, I'm sure theres more, I've seen a fake carbon fiber one too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kungfu-Graphics-Dirt-Bike-Upper-Middle-Fork-Tube-Guards-Decal-Sticker-Wraps-Set-/151965568661?hash=item2361da8e95:g:rooAAOSwYaFWg6JT&vxp=mtr
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Nubetoob87





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PostSubject: Re: Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap?   Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap? EmptySat Oct 15, 2016 4:14 pm

Thanks a lot for the info. Just ordered some 3M carbon fiber vinyl flex wrap for $20 on amazon. Got me 12"x60", so ill have plenty left over.
The kung fu wraps are all graphics, I'm not really into that, I like a more clean look. Plus $50 for their wraps! When i just got a bunch of much higher quality vinyl flex wrap for $20... you can see why I went that route.
After looking at my forks, it's definitely going to be a tight squeeze to get that vinyl around the fork, especially on the right where the wires are ran. But oh well, I'll make it work.
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Senna1Rossi

Senna1Rossi



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PostSubject: Re: Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap?   Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap? EmptyFri Nov 04, 2016 5:13 pm

if those forks have OHLINS written on them, i'll trade ya... heh
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802VTRider

802VTRider



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PostSubject: Re: Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap?   Hate the gold forks. Possible to swap? EmptyMon Nov 07, 2016 12:00 pm

@Senna1Rossi

Too funny man.

I would just disassemble the forks and have them powder coated. Really not a hard job to do. Plus while you are at it you can put new fork seals in and change you fluid. I had a fork seal go bad on my bike and I replaced the fork seal by myself. Really not a hard job and I had no clue what I was doing.
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