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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:26 pm
by Tim400GB
Got some RVF fork legs, not bad condition, need a good clean up and some new seals, bushes are ok.

Quite pitted, not sure what to do about that. Might get some new stanchions, do wemoto sell them?
Then it would be a case of getting the lowers off too??

Here they are
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All split for refurb.
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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:43 pm
by Drunkn Munky
Webike sell pre nitrided coloured stanchions, not cheap though http://japan.webike.co.uk/products/9675119.html

How do tell if the bushes are knackered or not mate?

Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:51 pm
by Tim400GB
:shock: not going that road with that price tag
There's a firm that rechromes legs for much less than that.

The grey Teflon coating gets worn off

Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:37 pm
by Tim400GB
Think I might get a pair of these, anyone got any experience with them (Paolo Tarozzi Fork Stanchions)?

http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/honda/rvf_4 ... _-_single/

Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:25 pm
by Tim400GB
One of my Christmas presents was a Rick Oliver adaptor kit.

Got the lower bearing greased up and pressed onto the bottom yoke and the bearing cup into the frame.
The adaptor is going with the top yoke and fork sliders to get anodised.

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There is feck all lock lol.
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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:34 pm
by Tim400GB
Got the stanchions out of the bottoms, this was a first for me, once I bought the T8 torx socket needed for the grub screw, heat was the answer...lots of heat.

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:41 pm
by BB_158
Brave man!... Respec

Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:18 am
by Zippy
Are you going to do the same as you did to the other forks you have?

Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:23 pm
by Tim400GB
Cheers

No, going for an oem look with this set

Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:20 pm
by Tim400GB
Back from Star anodising :grin:

Fork sliders in original as possible, headstock boss in silver and top yoke in black
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The top yoke has been blasted then the face has been slowly flattened back with grades of emery cloth (took a while!)
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Yokes all tight
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