powdered fork tubes (new pic on page 3)

[acemoney]

Anodizing is sooo much easier on the install.

if your looking for the EASIEST way than that would be to just leave them alone and not do anything. if your looking for the best MATCH to the rest of your bike then if you have a spray painted bike i'd say spray paint them....if your bike anodized then ano them and so on and so forth. to each his own i guess.

[TiAvenger]

if your looking for the EASIEST way than that would be to just leave them alone and not do anything. if your looking for the best MATCH to the rest of your bike then if you have a spray painted bike i'd say spray paint them....if your bike anodized then ano them and so on and so forth. to each his own i guess.

I wouldn't knock spray paint

(My old bike)

[ProTeal55]

Big fan of spraypaint, but Powdercoating is MUCH more durable..
My bike will end up being a blend of both 

Crazy how much better a blacked out front end makes these bikes

[acemoney]

[He Man]

nice. did you properly torque down the forks?

i had to torque my sprocket carrier on 2mm thick PC and the PC cracked. lol

[acemoney]

nice. did you properly torque down the forks?

i had to torque my sprocket carrier on 2mm thick PC and the PC cracked. lol

nice indeed. no i didn't torque properly. just tightened them down as tight as can be.  from my understanding powder doesn't crack, how did yours crack?

[junior varsity]

you really ought to torque to the right settings, chief. Its your suspension we are talking about here. Not your gauge cluster, or some cosmetic bit. You hit a big bump and things shift, you've got problems. You tightened it too tight, hit a bump and the fork breaks, you've got problems. Couple of places torquing the bolts correctly really matters: brakes and suspension.

[acemoney]

you really ought to torque to the right settings, chief. Its your suspension we are talking about here. Not your gauge cluster, or some cosmetic bit. You hit a big bump and things shift, you've got problems. You tightened it too tight, hit a bump and the fork breaks, you've got problems. Couple of places torquing the bolts correctly really matters: brakes and suspension.

i mean you probably have a point but can anyone tell me the proper torque specs for a guesstimated amount of powdercoated fork tube bolts? if not then i'm gonna have to guesstimate the torque. cause my guess is now that they have powder on them they not the same torque. have you really seen or have any pics for that matter of a fork broke off from being too tight? cause (althought you are more than likely right) i've heard to many fictious stories about people overreacting to made up stories they've heard. right now i have other issues, like getting the damn bike running again, forks can't break if i can't ride. so if my research turns up the proper specs by the time i get it running they will be torqued properly, if not then i will be praying to the bike gods that i don't hit a bump and have my forks snap.

[junior varsity]

no, but i've heard of somebody over-torquing the fork tube and damaging the tube, no riding even done. they were using a far-too long ratchet so they didn't realize how much torque they were applying.

[NorDog]

I think the best course of action is to torque to the standard setting and let it go at that.

[ProTeal55]

Blacked out front end looks great my man..
Cant wait to get my bike all back together..

[bmonty72]

I think the best course of action is to torque to the standard setting and let it go at that.

Wouldn't the torque value stay the same?  You may get to the torque value in fewer turns due to the greater diameter of the fork tubes...or am I speaking out of my A$$

[acemoney]

no, but i've heard of somebody over-torquing the fork tube and damaging the tube, no riding even done. they were using a far-too long ratchet so they didn't realize how much torque they were applying.

 that's far from forks breaking from hitting a bump. mine all tightened down with no damage, score one for noobie (at least for now haha)! i know your just trying to look out for me and i thank you for that. i'm obviously betting against anything bad happening to my forks as they are strapped and ready to roll on my bike......now if i could just figure out my many other issues i could test them out.

[acemoney]

Wouldn't the torque value stay the same?  You may get to the torque value in fewer turns due to the greater diameter of the fork tubes...or am I speaking out of my A$$

i have no idea. i'm not a math major nor a fork/powder expert. the things that float in my crazy head are.....the powder is softer than the raw metal on the forks so better to tighten a little extra and if there is give in the powder to make up for it with a little extra tightening.

[NAKID]

I would be worried that if you hit a hard bump, the powder could crack and the forks would slide up in the triples....