Has any tried to swap the ACE T forks with the "upside down" fork design on other ACE models? If it works physically, it would give a very stout
appearance to the front end of the the ACE T and should look great.
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Good question Jerry. I have always thought the front end of the T would look better with some beef up there. I hung a small leather tool type bag from the
front forks to "fill in" the weak area. I always thought the forks should have been turned upside down. Bob
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Posts: 733 01/11/08 2:59 PM |
I don't think any Shadows ever had inverted forks (I could be mistaken). Some have chrome shrouds but these tend to make it trickier to attach a
windshield, tho not impossible.
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Posts: 3889 01/12/08 12:03 AM |
Take a look at the newer Sabre's forks.
"We are different - yet we are the
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Posts: 733 01/12/08 12:56 AM |
bamaTrider wrote: you mean like this '07?
 . The lowers are the sliders just like they are on the T. Honda did a good job foolin' folks with the shrouds, eh?
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Posts: 3889 01/13/08 12:06 AM |
I was thinking that Jerry was after the beefier look more than the actual physical function. If this is the case, then the shrouds can be bought for less than
a total fork swap. Of course either way you would have to purchase an after market windshield to fit the fork style. On a fork swap you would likely have to
buy the triple trees for them and do a lot of retrofitting to get everything else to work.
Stan
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Posts: 1137 01/15/08 3:44 PM First Officer |
dukey33 wrote: If I may hijack this thread, wouldn't those flame decals look awesome on a de-badged all-black T? I think I'd leave the rear fender and bags black and just do the front fender and tank.
You meet the nicest people on a Honda (forum).
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