I'm looking to put some accordion rubber gaiters or boots on my forks to protect the chrome tubes. We have a goodly amount of chipped roads in the area.

I don't see any listed for the K-series of bikes. With the fork brace, the gaiter would have to replace the current rubber parts to fit - or be placed above them.

I cannot see any thread in this forum other than for neoprene boots.

Do other BMW models (that have boots) fit the K-series forks? My forks have the front rib.

Cheers, M

there may be other places ....but have a look at motobins

http://www.motobins.co.uk/bmw-parts.php?model=K Series

in the forks section

These are a great price and work fairly well.

http://www.amazon.com/Rancho-RS1952-Shock-Boot/dp/B000CPCCFY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326647986&sr=8-1

OG

Oldgoat wrote:These are a great price and work fairly well.

http://www.amazon.com/Rancho-RS1952-Shock-Boot/dp/B000CPCCFY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326647986&sr=8-1

OG

Great price, thank you. Any problems with the fit on the bottom tube?

Cheers, M

I'm going to be out in the garage so I'll get a pic of it...

Oldgoat wrote:I'm going to be out in the garage so I'll get a pick of it...

Did you see that Triumph now has a Steve McQueen limited edition Bonny out now? - just looking at your picture.

No, I didn't know about that? Sweet!

Ohh, yah!!




OG

Just confirmed with my 75 forks and the fit is very good.

Oldgoat wrote:Just confirmed with my 75 forks and the fit is very good.

Thank you.

I had a modern era Bonny for about 30,000 miles - the quality is excellent. I couldn't get it to fit right for long distance - seat, bars - it didn't matter what I swapped out, I felt like I was being cut in half under the shoulder blades.
It was my 4th Bonny in 30 years.

Nice looking ride M! What are your dimensions if you don't mind me asking?


OG

Oldgoat wrote:Nice looking ride M! What are your dimensions if you don't mind me asking?


OG

5' 10" 200lbs - reasonably fit - just ran 3 miles.
Longer legs, shorter torso - a bit tight in the upper body (I think that was the problem) as I've been swinging a hammer for 35 years.

The build quality was great - I warped the front rotor coming down from rabbit ears pass in CO from 11,600' -But that was fully loaded and behaving like an idiot.

It runs the same tires as the K bike.

Thanks for sharing mate! That's just about my build minus 50#. Still looks like it would be a blast for tearing around town on shorter trips...


OG

About gaiters, check last post in this thread.

Inge K.

Hi M,

I made a set of fork protectors from a pair of 50mm pvc pipe fittings and a small length of 50mm pipe to protect the chrome sections.



the verticle section protrudes far enough forward to clear the bottom of the tripple where the shocks attach.

I know you asked for rubber gaiters, but there's always an alternative, especially if you ask on this forum

regards Bushy

Nice work Bushy!

Indeed, very nice. Thanks Bushy

Oldgoat, I just bought a pair for the gaiters off your Amazon link to put on my K100 cafe project! Great price, thank u for sharing the link...did they come with clamps or u have to order them separately? Cheers

nice one re gaiters, thanks bushy and all. / thought of fixing some from fairing sunderside hanging down in front of the slider similar to bushy's, plastic tube cut in half long ways ?

Great idea Bushy. I think you are a genius. Just don't tell me you stole the idea from someone else.