[cptrout]

Anybody using them? If so, please tell me about it. Also, what size do I need for my 2008? Thank you.

 

[JimJames]

Misread the title. This could have ended badly.

 

[cptrout]

I proofread the title several times before clicking the post button.

 

[Werloc]

I'm happy with just the stock boots. But if you do go with skins, you can use them under the boots, so with, or without the boots. The fork tubes are 33mm, so get skins that fit 33mm thick forks. As far as length, just measure how long the stock boots are. Some brands come long in standard length and are just cut to fit your forks.

 

[NoHair McNair]

The seal skin/fork skin won't work on the TW200 front forks and here's why;
The space between a bottomed out fork and the lower triple clamp is so small, the skin / seal will bottom out the fork well before the fork actually bottoms out and tear the skin. If a bottomed out fork had a couple inches, then it would work, but they don't have even 1/2 and inch. And even less than that if you have the fork tubes sticking up out of the upper triple clamp more than just the cap of the fork leg.

Here's some photos of a fork with the stock boot with dimensions. I am illustrating that even boots barely have the room to work;

First a photo of an installed boot with the upper clamp loosened and slid all the way down and completely compressed;

In this photo, the bike is on a stand so the front suspension is at maximum extension. I hold up a scale and you can see that there is slightly LESS than 6" of fork travel before the boot bottoms out against the lower triple clamp;

This photo shows how much of the fork leg sticks above the upper triple clamp when measuring the available fork length in the previous photograph;

The fork travel spec is 6". Meaning; even with the factory boot, the boot will bottom out before the fork will. With skins, the bottoming action will damage the neoprene material skins are made of. At least, that was my experience.

What I have searched for and can not find are this type of fork boot, called a dust boot;

I've come close, but the groove in the lower fork leg on the TW200 doesn't match up with anything else I can find that will fit the lower fork tube diameter and the upper fork tube diameter.

 

[Werloc]

Remove the springs and compress the forks all the way. Then measure how much space is left between the top of lower fork leg, and bottom of lower triple tree, with boots off. That's the only way to get the exact space or gap.

 

[Lyterx]

What I have searched for and can not find are this type of fork boot, called a dust boot;

I've come close, but the groove in the lower fork leg on the TW200 doesn't match up with anything else I can find that will fit the lower fork tube diameter and the upper fork tube diameter.

I searched on here before and a guy used ones off a suzuki. I will try to find it again and post it for you.

 

[Werloc]

I think you'll be ok.

 

[Johnywad]

They work. Several people have used them on TW's. I've got a set going on my bike this weekend. Pro cycle sells them for the TW.