they are mate, early but painted :)

cheers bill

having trouble sourcing a fking stanchion man....do you know if the later forks use the same?? i know the inners are diff but the stanchions!?

cant rebuild my bike till the forks are on

Don't think so, ones 51410-MR8-781 and the other is 51410-MR8-003.

Now, whether you can still interchange them, I don't know, but I doubt it due to the different part number.

hmmm, doh! that would have doubled my search grid too!!

looks like a waiting game for me then, actually, found a few lads on egay breaking nc30 so messaged those, cheers for the info though bill mate! just what i was after, must be a diff part/logic speaking.... if its a diff number . im with you there.

shaun

Hmm, you're in quite a pickle here mate. Have you been in touch with Geoff on here? He breaks bikes all the time. You might be lucky.

i havnt yet pal....busy as fook at mo but ill get on it!! cheersa

ok, i got the forks back off the fella up the rd, he managed to separate them...now....

the stanchion is OK but theres a few chips/scratches etc and some light pitting to it...iv given it a soft going over with 1500 paper wet. feels smooth, no sharp bits to snag new seals, can i use it or should i source another!?

a few big holes almost down near the bottom half of it , maybe 0.5 deep . i can get pics up if needed. whats the thoughts or proticall on this sort of thing, what can you get away with in other words..... to me, it feels and looks useable, the bloke said the same up the rd but i wanna check with you lads too before using/wasting new seals , bushes etc.

oh, the old bushes teflon was gone!! lol was all backed up against the lower bush so the upper one wouldnt slide over it. that was the problem.

cheers guys, ill get some pics up too. shortly.

shaun

You can always get them re chromed buddy.

hmmm, what sort of cost would that be plus, wont they have to rechrome to original width so everythink fits proper, seals,bushes etc.


pics

what you guys reckon?? ^

hoping to rebuild these forks soon as i think the stanchions are alright :)