ONYX BLADE: ROUGH CRAFTS’ RAZOR-SHARP YAMAHA MT-07

[The Spin Doctor]

My 500 Bullet has fork shrouds, I've often wondered what condition the chrome is underneath. I guess if they're not leaking, there's nothing to worry about.

Shrouds or rubber gaiters?

My old K4 Honda had shrouds, which were just metal tubes. When I took them off, the chrome where the suspension moved was OK but the section above it was rusty as f***. Salty air could still get in underneath.

I used to fit rubber gaiters to the all-year despatch bikes that were out in all weathers and rarely cleaned. The gaiters tended to do a much better job, provided the chrome was cleaned and greased from time to time.

[KungFooBob]

They're proper metal shrouds, you can't see any of the chrome stanchions at all, even at the top they're covered by the clock nacell.