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VFR800F - Fork seal protectors install


V4Rid3r

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I've been using them for years, they also come in faux carbon fibre, £15 on eBay, held on with cable ties

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Not a fan of the looks on the neoprene...

The protectors I have just touch a little bit the oil cooler when the steering is turned all way, not a problem because they bent the tip 😉

 

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V4 Rider

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As described in an earlier thread I got the Triumph fork protectors but didn't use them since they hit the oil cooler. Then I decided to modify them so the protector will go on the inside of the cooler, so here's what I did:

  1. Cut the protector flush with the clamp upper surface.
  2. Trim the lower corners.
  3. Try fit in the groove.
  4. Sand away the rough surfaces.
  5. Clean the contact surfaces before glueing the parts together.
  6. Glue the protectors in the clamp groove.
  7. To be sure it will hold together I drilled two pairs of small holes and secured the parts together using a thread (it's hard to make glue stick to this type of plastic).
  8. Saturate the threads with more glue.
  9. Done!

 

 

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On ‎8‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 4:30 PM, V4Rid3r said:

Nice job mate!

But its easier with the ones I bought from Louis... I also thought on moving the cooler, but never tried.

 

 

You're right, I only did this because I already had them lying around. 

 

Another thing I had to do was to twist them outwards a bit to clear the triple clamp bolt.

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