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Question: Do you like the gold inverted forks that so many bikes come with?
No, they are hideous - 13 (19.1%)
Yes, they are beautiful - 23 (33.8%)
I don't care what color forks are - 32 (47.1%)
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« on: November 02, 2010, 11:09:59 AM »
I hate gold forks!   They are so freakin' tacky!!
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2010, 11:22:16 AM »
Ohlins started it. Gold forks=quality boingers. But now everything's gold. So Ohlins is switching to pink.
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2010, 11:24:49 AM »
Quote from: 1KPerDay on November 02, 2010, 11:22:16 AM

Ohlins started it. Gold forks=quality boingers. But now everything's gold. So Ohlins is switching to pink.


Glad I got in on the gold. Lol
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« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2010, 12:50:41 PM »
They look OK on some bikes.  Good on a few and ugly on a few.
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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2010, 12:58:12 PM »
It's awesome that THIS is what we worry about.

Think about that... people give a shit that the forks are one color over another.

If that doesn't prove that the industry, as a whole, is building seriously good shit, then nothing is.  Thumbsup
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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2010, 01:49:33 PM »
I should mention, that even though I hate gold forks, it wouldn't stop me from buying a bike that has them.  
But really, all things being equal, what sick twisted freak would choose gold?

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2393/uglygold.jpg http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4191/prettyblack.jpg
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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2010, 02:01:49 PM »
Quote from: CheesyRider on November 02, 2010, 01:49:33 PM

But really, all things being equal, what sick twisted freak would choose gold?


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« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2010, 02:16:56 PM »
Now, that is a bike I'd be willing to put up with gold forks for!  Inlove
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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2010, 02:49:02 PM »
Quote from: CheesyRider on November 02, 2010, 02:16:56 PM

Now, that is a bike I'd be willing to put up with gold forks for!  Inlove
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« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2010, 05:19:00 PM »
Ohlin didn't trademark that? Silly rabbit...
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« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2010, 06:41:46 PM »
They match the color the head pipe has turned on the DR Bigok
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« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2010, 07:09:16 PM »
I've also wondered about this. And yes Chris, it is a good sign.   Wink

Funny that you picked the FZ1 as your example ... there is something about the bike's particular shade of gold that looks cheap to me. I do have the feeling that Ohlins is the real thing and deserves the gold - all others are poseurs.   Razz
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« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2010, 12:17:36 PM »
The Telelever forks on my GS are gold, that's probably because BMW is like the Gold Standard of motor sikkles ....... Hail
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« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2010, 12:20:47 PM »
PS... the gold works better in that pic.  

The contrast is good and it stands out nicely.

Quote from: CheesyRider on November 02, 2010, 01:49:33 PM

I should mention, that even though I hate gold forks, it wouldn't stop me from buying a bike that has them.  
But really, all things being equal, what sick twisted freak would choose gold?

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« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2010, 12:22:45 PM »
This is what I think of when I see gold forks on a black bike:
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« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2010, 12:26:52 PM »
Quote from: JustCallMeChris on November 03, 2010, 12:20:47 PM

PS... the gold works better in that pic.  

The contrast is good and it stands out nicely.


You are clearly a sick twisted freak!  I bet you wear a heavy gold necklace and sport a porn star mustache.
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« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2010, 12:27:37 PM »
Quote from: CheesyRider on November 03, 2010, 12:26:52 PM


You are clearly a sick twisted freak!  I bet you wear a heavy gold necklace and sport a porn star mustache.


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« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2010, 08:45:50 AM »
I like the look of gold forks.  Black looks good on some bikes too.
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« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2010, 09:12:44 AM »
I think someone should make red or blue ones...
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« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2010, 09:48:43 AM »
The denim blue 636 with gold forks...  Inlove Inlove Inlove
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« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2010, 09:50:29 AM »
Tha last good-looking ninja.
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« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2010, 01:19:51 PM »
no, no, those colors (red & blue) seemed to be for preload adj. nobs only.
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« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2010, 06:59:56 PM »
Doesn't matter what color the forks are so long as they work. The Gold colored forks tend to be of the more high tech inverted variety anyhow...
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« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2010, 07:36:20 PM »
Shit - y'all are worried about Gold coloured forks -

I have a GL-1200 LTD - the whole bike is gold - and the p.o. had the lower portions of the forks chromed.

I'm replacing those with non-chromed ones.
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