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Tapered motocross fork mould??

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By Darren - 3/27/2015 8:34:37 PM

Im looking to make some fork covers/protectors like in the image below but my forks have a slight taper on them.
I was thinking on using the pvc pipe trick to make some carbon tubes but I'm not sure how well they would fit on a tapered fork.
Any ideas on what i can do?


Thanks 
By AlessandroPA - 6/19/2015 11:00:56 AM

I'm making my seatpost for bicycle saddle rolling a CF sheet rolling it around a smaller diameter pipe to reach the wanted diameter

Darren (29/03/2015)
Fasta (28/03/2015)
If you make tube the same size as the smaller end of your forks and then have a single longitudinal cut along it then it should likely snap fit on the tapered fork ok??




Yeah i think thats the way to go, if it doesn't work out i will have to make a tapered plug and mould from that.
Does any one have a link to a thread where they make carbon tube using PVC pipe? I cant seem to find it now