[ncrider]

yeah so I finaly did it and put guards on my 888. All I can really say is they fit, seem strong, and now when I go over the bars I don't have to freak out thinking I just destroyed my stanchions. They might not be as pretty as a naked 888, but it's cheap insurance.

 

[MikeD]

Are those core rats?

How 'bout giving us a pic we can enlarge a little, even if it's just one of them? My secondhand 888 came with a pre-gouged stanchion. They look pretty against the black ano.

MD

 

[ncrider]

If somebody could PM direction on how to make pics bigger or clickable then I'll do that.

Yeah those are from core rat. I had to do a little nip-tuck before installing them. You can just slap them on and go, but they really stick out at the top. So, I did some sanding and added some padding between the guard and fork leg.

 

[ChrisRobin]

Normally when I attach pics they automatically become larger when you click on them. Try puting them on pinkbike and then giving us the links.

 

[Morryjg]

Use the gallery here on RM. Then you can just use IMG tags around the link to the pics to bring them in full size.

 

[ncrider]

OK all the photos are bigger and clickable now.
So what do ya think. $30usd, shipped from Canada to my door in 3 days.

 

[MikeD]

Told ya.

Glad you like them. Just be prepared to justify them to the random riders (like, say, BMXman) who will bitch at you because they don't think they're neccessary.

 

[ncrider]

It'll be easy to justify them. I'll just point down at your fork.
No seriously I don't G.A.F. if random people don't like them. Heck I don't like them, but the positive out weighs the fashion-police.

 

[BigHit-Maniac]

Don't the cables smack the tops of them when the fork compresses really far?

Good idea though... not my cup of tea.

 

[goin' medium]

I run the same guards on my 888's. I'm pretty sure they already saved my fork at least once at N*. Worth it if you're going to be crashing in rocks. Didn't really come into play at Whistler/ less rocky trails. They do tend to shift in a crash, remeber to adjust them so they don't rub holes in yout crown/cables.

Scott

 

[Brian Peterson]

Cool... I wasn't sure if Core Rat had those for the 888... Now I know where to point people...

Brian

 

[Discostu]

When I got my new 888r at the end of the summer I told myself I would immediately put stanchion guards on them before they got messed up like my old Super T. Of course I did one ride before I got guards and I gouged the hell out of one stanchion within minutes. Thats painful on a fork that expensive.

 

[bizutch]

fork guards are .02 seconds faster in wind tunnel testing.