Got the forks swapped!! [Archive]

DLIT

11-28-2008, 07:58 PM

Finally got those non-matching-the-wheels gold forks off and the bike's look is now complete! The pics are a bit dark, I'll get new ones up tomorrow.

Before:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/DLITALIEN/IMG_1323.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/DLITALIEN/2009R6004.jpg

After:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/DLITALIEN/2009R6012.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/DLITALIEN/2009R6015.jpg

Here's an angle of the mid pipe I had put on to eliminate the cat:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/DLITALIEN/2009R6013.jpg

Trip

11-28-2008, 08:00 PM

looks a lot better

Mr Lefty

11-28-2008, 08:03 PM

looks good bro... I'm with Tigger... rattle can your exhaust black... shit would look sick as fuck.

DLIT

11-28-2008, 08:05 PM

I'm not even gonna waste my time with the stock exhaust. It'll be gone soon enough.

Captain Morgan

11-28-2008, 09:28 PM

Powdercoat those pegs after you get that exhaust changed out, too.

DLIT

11-28-2008, 09:56 PM

I'm not powder coating something that will eventually be off the bike.

OneSickPsycho

11-28-2008, 10:03 PM

Looks way better.

Rearsets and exhaust and be done.

Mr Lefty

11-28-2008, 10:04 PM

yeah leave them if your gonna just get rear sets... probably get a decent amount on Egay for them.

tlstreak

11-28-2008, 10:10 PM

I liked the gold better. The whole black out thing has been beat to death. A little accent sets the bike off IMO.

MikeSP1

11-28-2008, 11:19 PM

I liked the gold better. The whole black out thing has been beat to death. A little accent sets the bike off IMO.

Accents are great when they all match and are done right, but when your accent pieces don't match, the whole thing looks like crap.

ericr

11-28-2008, 11:32 PM

I'm glad you kept the wheels though, I think they look good on the black bike! I can take or leave the gold forks, looks good with the black too and since that's what you like then it's a good swap!!

BobTheBiker

11-29-2008, 12:10 AM

Now that the forks match the paint, rather than mismatched gold shades, it looks 100% better. I'd rock it.

Amber Lamps

11-29-2008, 02:28 AM

Accents are great when they all match and are done right, but when your accent pieces don't match, the whole thing looks like crap.

Blow me! It's almost impossible to find gold pieces that match perfectly...you can think my bike looks like "crap" if you want but I really wanted to follow a theme at the time...Nyahh nyahh nyahh!

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll220/lontigger/DSC00341.jpg

Mr Lefty

11-29-2008, 02:32 AM

Tig your bike looks good! the only thing I'd swap out are the gold parts with black ones... :2cents: doesn't make it look like shit though

Amber Lamps

11-29-2008, 03:04 AM

Tig your bike looks good! the only thing I'd swap out are the gold parts with black ones... :2cents: doesn't make it look like shit though

Aw thanks,Ebbs. Yea I have black rearsets already but buying the chain adjusters,chain,tri-metal sprocket,levers,forks,etc just to please you bastards doesn't really appeal to me for some reason....

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll220/lontigger/DSC00214-1.jpg

pickle.of.doom

11-29-2008, 03:07 AM

that bike would look even sicker IMO if you had the wheels powdercoated the same blue as the rest of the theme. WHite wheels look good too, but that blue would look sweet.

Amber Lamps

11-29-2008, 03:13 AM

that bike would look even sicker IMO if you had the wheels powdercoated the same blue as the rest of the theme. WHite wheels look good too, but that blue would look sweet.

You really think so? Hmmm...I'd probably go paint instead of powdercoat talk about color matching problems.... How about doing the spoke area in blue and the rim in white?

pickle.of.doom

11-29-2008, 03:15 AM

Any combo of the blue and white down there would look pretty sweet. Would totally bring out the NC scheme too.

Amber Lamps

11-29-2008, 03:19 AM

Any combo of the blue and white down there would look pretty sweet. Would totally bring out the NC scheme too.

Maybe,that blue is fucking hott for sure! BTW how'd you like that so called game yesterday in Detroit?

pickle.of.doom

11-29-2008, 03:20 AM

it was over 1 minute and 30 seconds in... lol

theres always next year :)

Amber Lamps

11-29-2008, 03:23 AM

it was over 1 minute and 30 seconds in... lol

theres always next year :)

Spoken like a true Lions fan! Of course, it sucks that you've had to say that shit for oh almost two fucking decades now,yeesh!

pickle.of.doom

11-29-2008, 03:27 AM

It helps that I have been a hockey fan first and foremost my whole life!

The only good times with the Lions in my lifetime were the days of Barry.

Mr Lefty

11-29-2008, 03:32 AM

Aw thanks,Ebbs. Yea I have black rearsets already but buying the chain adjusters,chain,tri-metal sprocket,levers,forks,etc just to please you bastards doesn't really appeal to me for some reason....

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll220/lontigger/DSC00214-1.jpg
:lol: fair enough... I like the chain adjusters and gp stand hooks...:dthumb:

Carolina

11-29-2008, 07:12 AM

don't lean much old man:whistle:

Amber Lamps

11-29-2008, 07:44 AM

don't lean much old man:whistle:

Actually,the tires were new when I took that pic AND I get off the bike enough so that I don't have to scrape the pegs to get around a corner! Of course,you're right at my age and considering the amount of damage I'm carrying,I don't chase the limits of grip like I used to. I'm happy with double posted limit these days... Besides,"Sonny" come see me when you can ride your bike down the street WITHOUT hitting parked cars!:dthumb:

Carolina

11-29-2008, 07:47 AM

:zowned::zowned::zowned::zowned: ohhh shit I knew I was walking ok running into that one:lol::lol:

MikeSP1

11-29-2008, 08:27 AM

Blow me! It's almost impossible to find gold pieces that match perfectly...you can think my bike looks like "crap" if you want but I really wanted to follow a theme at the time...Nyahh nyahh nyahh!

Believe me man, I'm not hating, your bike is gorgeous. If you saw mine right now (or any pics that were taken in the last 6 months) I'm sure you wouldn't think too highly of it. She's a rideable work in progress. But like fine wine, all good things come in time.

And as far as accents go, if your bike is one color and one color only, then accents that don't match just look cheesy and thrown together.

neebelung

11-29-2008, 08:28 AM

After:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/DLITALIEN/2009R6012.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/DLITALIEN/2009R6015.jpg

:drool: Looks AMAZING, man... seriously beautiful.

Carolina

11-29-2008, 08:29 AM

oh yeah Dlit bike looks good

marko138

11-29-2008, 09:18 AM

Looks good brother.

Amber Lamps

11-29-2008, 10:40 AM

I'm sorry my brother from another mother! Your bike does look great! Are you going to change the caliper too?

NeonspeedRT

11-29-2008, 10:56 AM

Definatly looks sharp man. Stealth is the way to go.

DLIT

11-29-2008, 02:30 PM

Thanks everyone.

Dnyce

11-29-2008, 02:35 PM

wheres the daylight pics?

anthonyk

11-29-2008, 03:54 PM

That turned out really nice. :dthumb:

Homeslice

11-29-2008, 06:15 PM

Nice.........I felt the same way about the gold forks on the 03-04 636, they looked like crap against the silver frame. Silver and gold just don't go together IMO.

t-homo

11-29-2008, 07:21 PM

Looks damn nice man.

DLIT

11-29-2008, 08:25 PM

I got riding pics. I gotta wait for a buddy to upload 'em.

rogue

11-30-2008, 07:14 AM

The bike looks really good with the fork swap! :dthumb:

Rider

12-01-2008, 10:12 AM

Looks good man.

ceo012384

12-01-2008, 11:47 AM

Looks much better.

But you should see if your buddy will swap cailpers with you. The gold pots in yours are ugly and that gold doesn't match the wheels, either. My bike and your buddys bike have silver pots in the calipers. Go for those and your shit will be tits.

ceo012384

12-01-2008, 11:49 AM

DLIT

12-01-2008, 12:06 PM

Also why is there so much fork sticking out of your triples? Mine are flush with the triple... the R6 is twitchy enough as it is, I wouldn't drop it... if anything I might raise my triple about 5mm, one racer told me he did that and it helped...

Maybe yours is a bit different though? :idk:

The fork tubes are longer on the '09s, that's why they're sticking through. They all come like that from the factory. The handling on the '09s is better than '06.

z06boy

12-01-2008, 12:34 PM

Looks way better.

Rearsets and exhaust and be done.

:rockout:

LeeNetworX

12-02-2008, 08:20 AM

Forks look better, but not feeling the gold wheels.

DLIT

12-02-2008, 10:15 AM

Forks look better, but not feeling the gold wheels.

Good thing it's not your bike then.

LeeNetworX

12-02-2008, 10:18 AM

Good thing it's not your bike then.

Pissy much?

Rider

12-02-2008, 10:20 AM

Pissy much?

DLIT's a straight shooter. He doesn't sugar coat anything, he tells it like it is, get used to it.

LeeNetworX

12-02-2008, 10:25 AM

DLIT's a straight shooter. He doesn't sugar coat anything, he tells it like it is, get used to it.

Nothing wrong with that. But there's a difference to being a straight shooter and taking a simple "not really my thing" comment so seriously. LOL

DLIT

12-02-2008, 11:28 AM

Pissy much?

Sensitive much?

LeeNetworX

12-02-2008, 11:32 AM

Sensitive much?

Only during a certain time of the month.

Gas Man

12-02-2008, 02:54 PM

DLIT's a straight shooter. He doesn't sugar coat anything, he tells it like it is, get used to it.
He doesn't sugar coat anything cause he's afraid he'll get sugar in his mangina and it will give him a rash... don't mind him!

If that doesn't work... don't worry he'll offer to kill you!

Mr Lefty

12-02-2008, 03:21 PM

Nothing wrong with that. But there's a difference to being a straight shooter and taking a simple "not really my thing" comment so seriously. LOL

just be glad he didn't offer ya a bag of dicks... he hands them out like candy at Halloween

DLIT

12-02-2008, 04:10 PM

He doesn't sugar coat anything cause he's afraid he'll get sugar in his mangina and it will give him a rash... don't mind him!

If that doesn't work... don't worry he'll offer to kill you!

Wicked funny. :td:

LeeNetworX

12-02-2008, 05:22 PM

just be glad he didn't offer ya a bag of dicks... he hands them out like candy at Halloween

I'll bet T-Rock is first in line?

JoJoYZF

12-02-2008, 05:26 PM

I'll bet T-Rock is first in line?

:lol: Even the new folks know hes a queer.

Mr Lefty

12-02-2008, 05:30 PM

I'll bet T-Rock is first in line?

:rofl:

sorry Trock... but that's fuck'n funny.

Homeslice

12-02-2008, 10:10 PM

Good thing it's not your bike then.

Signature material right there :lmao:

ceo012384

12-02-2008, 11:19 PM

I'll bet T-Rock is first in line?

:rofl:

These CF folks catch on quick.

OneSickPsycho

12-03-2008, 02:49 AM

There's a few of us 'tell it like it is' guys on this forum... DLIT is one of them... One of these days we'll all get together and I'm pretty sure we'll tell 3/4 of you fucks to fuckoff.

marko138

12-03-2008, 08:59 AM

You guys ready to climb off DLITs balls yet or what?

DLIT

12-03-2008, 11:49 AM

There's a few of us 'tell it like it is' guys on this forum... DLIT is one of them... One of these days we'll all get together and I'm pretty sure we'll tell 3/4 of you fucks to fuckoff.

That and we'll kill a shitload of booze.

LeeNetworX

12-04-2008, 01:22 PM

Signature material right there :lmao:

You are easily amused.

Trip

12-04-2008, 01:26 PM

this thread was a lot more entertaining than I thought it would be. :lol:

LeeNetworX

12-04-2008, 01:27 PM

this thread was a lot more entertaining than I thought it would be. :lol:

It's the CF influence. Happened all the time over there.