NC24 Fork Oil seals - cheap is bad ?

[Old Painless]

Having looked for fork seals i have found a few different options.

Super cheap £6.99 + free postage
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Cheap £10.88 + free postage
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

More expensive + expensive postage
http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/parts/part_22750/

Whats the best bet as i need to replace the oil and dust seals on both forks but i obviously dont want to pay £40 when £14 will do the job.

[CMSMJ1]

Fork seals are a classic case of "buy cheap buy twice"

Cheap seals are crap...

Honda seals are great....

DO you want to redo the seals in 6 months time or in 2 years time?

[Old Painless]

I'm unemployed and great with spanners, 6 months is fine for me. lol

[Neosophist]

I agree, cheap seals are not worth it, tried all sorts from experience, nothing beats the Honda ones.

Keep an NC24 on the road is a bottomless pit :-) I've probably spent well over a £1000 each on mine what with replacing various odds and sods, soon mounts up.

Unfortuantly Honda seals only come as a dust-seal / fork seal package.

But they last 4 - 5 years as long as your stanchions are in good condition and you dont break the seals putting them in.

Cheap ones might last 6 - 12 months if you ride infrequently over smooth road.

[paul nc 24]

dont buy the cheap ones complete waste of time / fork oil.