this is pretty cool repair/upgrade muscle forks 
#1 2011-07-16 5:13pm
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this is pretty cool repair/upgrade muscle forks
ok so i got some muscle forks and the top caps that come stock with the forks were pretty beat up. i didnt want to let go of them because of the damage to these top caps that had the gt logo engraved in the caps. so i wanted to see if i could replace them, bring them to a machine shop or engraving shop. as you know that will cost some money. and putting money into some new caps probably would cost the same as finding a NOS muscle fork. so should i throw the forks in the closet or repair them. as i took these caps off and i was wondering what i should do "POW" it shot in my head that stem caps fit nicely in the holes that were left. so now im ordering some larger star nuts to see if i can make some magic happen at a cheap price. here are some pics of what i want to do and the possibilities of different caps i might use. after it works out good im off to get it powdercoated.
this is how they look new, mine were nothing as nice.
how they look after i took out the old ones
in the works
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#2 2011-07-17 12:23pm
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guess im the only one that thought this was cool
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#3 2011-07-17 12:26pm
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I think they are cool too.
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#4 2011-07-17 12:37pm
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Nice.
You need to post a pic of the frame.
paint looks cool.
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#5 2011-07-17 12:53pm
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Nice creative idea. Thanks for sharing
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#6 2011-07-17 2:40pm
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MacDaddy wrote:
Nice.
You need to post a pic of the frame.
paint looks cool.
i'll post a pic of the bike when its done. im still waiting for little details and i'll add it to my bikes section. thanks
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#7 2011-07-17 2:49pm
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I like the ones that say handcrafted since 1972... for some reason though, I think they would look much better if they were turned 180 degrees so you read them from behind the bars. Know what I mean?
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#8 2011-07-17 3:26pm
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nbl78s wrote:
I like the ones that say handcrafted since 1972... for some reason though, I think they would look much better if they were turned 180 degrees so you read them from behind the bars. Know what I mean?
yeah i know what you mean. i actually bought 2 more on ebay yesterday because i think thats what im going to use. plus when i powder coat the forks black i think it will look great kind of like they were supposed to come that way.
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#9 2011-07-17 4:19pm
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i'm always online, but I come on the site a few times during the day....
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#10 2011-07-25 8:44pm
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update on the forks
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#11 2011-07-25 8:54pm
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They came out great, those caps actually look better in my opinion than the origanal caps.
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#12 2011-07-25 8:56pm
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wow
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#13 2011-07-25 9:00pm
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They look a lot better with those on, I always thought the original caps looked like crap. Great job man can't wait to see the Speed Series done 
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#14 2011-07-26 9:35am
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yeah i think they are better than the original definitely and the best part is now i can change the caps at any time to any style.
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#15 2011-07-26 9:53am
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Cool idea and way to work it out your self instead of paying a machine shop.
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#16 2011-07-26 10:25am
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Fulthrotle73 wrote:
Cool idea and way to work it out your self instead of paying a machine shop.
thanks bro
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#17 2012-06-24 9:15am
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love those forks!!
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#18 2012-06-24 9:31am
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F'n almost year old thread. i'm reading it not realizing it was randomly bumped. 
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