Christian ADV Rider Forum

 

That seriously made me laugh out loud Bill! Thanks for the much needed levity, today feels like a Monday at work.

I so wish I could accompany you on this trip -- but it would cost me too much in farkles to keep up with you 

I'm curious though, what was the main reason you wanted the fork boots?

Yeah...I remember when i wanted a bike with fork boots so bad because real dirtbikes had them...then they went to USD instead of conventional and everyone felt gravity would keep the dirt out.  -NEWS FLASH- mud is sticky and gets in the seals either way!!!  I think fork boots are actually a pretty good idea, just not usually practical on UDS because of the brake assembly/tire clearance....so we get the modernized version, the splash guard.  As for rocks etc...I have actually had a KTM that had so much scaring on the stanchions that I changed the seals and it would not hold the oil.  I micro polished them (chucked it in my drill press and polished w/ very fine sand paper) and voila! It was fixed.  So the rock chips are legit.