Front forks - alternatives?

[nhmaf]

I believe it was for sale in the USofA on ebay, but it was several months ago and they may have booted the picture/posting on it by now as part of their regular site cleanup.  I don't think that I snagged a picture of it

[Bob_Roller]

We had a member here, professorfate, that installed an Asian bike forks on his R65, making it more like a GS model .

I did a quick search, and  an explanation of what was done to the bike, was posted around the first week of April, 2007 .

[steve_wicks]

I tried searching for it, but couldn't go back that far.

Bit of useless info for you Bob ...... there's a place called Tempe here in South Africa, just outside Bloemfontein!

[rspivee]

Being a newb not only to r65's but street bikes in general, where can I find a set of gaiters for my '78 R65?   I am now having nightmares about finding fork acne on my little buddy's legs .

[nhmaf]

Any BMW motorcycle dealer will have them or can order them.  You can also get them online from BobsBMW.com in Maryland, or capitalcycle.com or  chicago BMW, or Moto-bins or numerous other web places.  

There are a couple "versions" of these - you want the shorter one for the R65s, as opposed to the longer ones that were on the /6 /7 bikes - I don't have the parts numbers offhand but am sure someone can chime in.   Also you need (4) clamps - like hose clamps, but BMW has some that will cost more and appear slightly less utilitarian - though I wish they came in black and not shiny silver.