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STEP #1: Things you'll need.
A few old useless threadless bmx forks with top-bolts.
a bit longer bolts
lots of spacers
some nuts
file, metal saw and wrenches
and a little time.
Top-bolts should be flat like shown, because umbonated top-bolts have no support against the wall of the fork and dropouts, so they may start to bend up when grinding.
I got my GT forks off my friends, $6 a piece, lucky. Forks came with the top bolt.
Top-bolt with flat head:
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STEP #2: Fitting top-bolts in front and back.
It isn't much of a problem, top-bolt fits on it nicely on forks and old-a dropouts.
But in somecases (to be continued)...
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But in case you have an old B, new A or a pro model, then this particular top-bolt won't fit on the back.
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STEP #3: Making a top-bolt that fits on old B, new A and pro-model dropouts.
If you have an old B, new-A and/or a pro-model and you want to have a rear peg, then you should use files and/or machines to file down one side of the top-bolt so it could fit in the back.
Before:
After:
And it fits, woo yay...
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STEP #4: Making pegs.
Now you'll need to saw down a piece of forktube for your peg.
Cut them as long as you want, but if you want to make some longer pegs, then remind that the front peg should be as long as possible, at the same time you could barspin/whip it too in case you don't wan't to quit doing tailwhips, barspins and briflips (yes, briflips actually have a barspin in it for real, it's not an x-up).
After sawing a piece, screw your peg on to the top bolt and it'll stay there... well i put them on by hand and they stay there pretty well, haven't rotated out. But if you like, then use some big pincers to put them on stronger.
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RESULT: You'll have nice strong durable pegs.
If you want them to take off for a second (idk, flat tripwhips?), then you can take them off pretty easy, if they aren't put on with big pincers.
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The reason i made this modification is that in the past winter i managed to bend the ghetto "bearings-on-bolt" peg system on my scooter, so i came up with an idea which shoud be much stronger.
PS! I'm not currently in mood of making a videotutorial (a slideshow) for "SR vision scoot pible" about this mod (haha, i even don't know how to add subtitles in Vegas 6), so if anyone has some spare time, nothing to do and in a mood of editing a video, then be my guess: original pictures are here.
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STEP #1: Things you'll need.
A few old useless threadless bmx forks with top-bolts.
a bit longer bolts
lots of spacers
some nuts
file, metal saw and wrenches
and a little time.
Top-bolts should be flat like shown, because umbonated top-bolts have no support against the wall of the fork and dropouts, so they may start to bend up when grinding.
I got my GT forks off my friends, $6 a piece, lucky. Forks came with the top bolt.
Top-bolt with flat head:
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STEP #2: Fitting top-bolts in front and back.
It isn't much of a problem, top-bolt fits on it nicely on forks and old-a dropouts.
But in somecases (to be continued)...
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But in case you have an old B, new A or a pro model, then this particular top-bolt won't fit on the back.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STEP #3: Making a top-bolt that fits on old B, new A and pro-model dropouts.
If you have an old B, new-A and/or a pro-model and you want to have a rear peg, then you should use files and/or machines to file down one side of the top-bolt so it could fit in the back.
Before:
After:
And it fits, woo yay...
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STEP #4: Making pegs.
Now you'll need to saw down a piece of forktube for your peg.
Cut them as long as you want, but if you want to make some longer pegs, then remind that the front peg should be as long as possible, at the same time you could barspin/whip it too in case you don't wan't to quit doing tailwhips, barspins and briflips (yes, briflips actually have a barspin in it for real, it's not an x-up).
After sawing a piece, screw your peg on to the top bolt and it'll stay there... well i put them on by hand and they stay there pretty well, haven't rotated out. But if you like, then use some big pincers to put them on stronger.
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RESULT: You'll have nice strong durable pegs.
If you want them to take off for a second (idk, flat tripwhips?), then you can take them off pretty easy, if they aren't put on with big pincers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The reason i made this modification is that in the past winter i managed to bend the ghetto "bearings-on-bolt" peg system on my scooter, so i came up with an idea which shoud be much stronger.
PS! I'm not currently in mood of making a videotutorial (a slideshow) for "SR vision scoot pible" about this mod (haha, i even don't know how to add subtitles in Vegas 6), so if anyone has some spare time, nothing to do and in a mood of editing a video, then be my guess: original pictures are here.
