I think one of my fork legs has a chip in it that's within the fork travel and since I'm late noticing it I'm almost sure it's caught the seal so I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I have oil pissing out all over my calipers and tyres etc.

So I think I have a few options;

Buy new 2nd hand forks, but potentially I could be buying something in worse condition that want I already have.

Buy new rebuilt forks, this could be very pricey but it'll sort things out once and for all.

Buy new stantions and rebuild the forks myself, but I haven't found fork legs under £99 each side.

Send my forks out to be rebuilt, might be cheaper than buying rebuilt forks but may still be very pricey.

What would you do ?

Unless you can find a well sorted good condition set from someone that you trust the work has been done then id have what you have already repaired and built to the spec you want, you can get the lowers powder coated and maybe the stancions coated while your at it. Not cheap but forks play a big part on the bike.

This is it tony, I have seen Graeme France rebuilding forks and selling rebuilt sets too so I'm tempted to fire him an email to ask if he can help and whats the costs.

My forks are powdercoated at the minute and I don't care much for coloured stantions, I just want what I have to hold oil and be mot legal , after all there are going into my daily work hack ( hack in the looses terms of the word but )

I have used philpot quite a few times for fork re chroming , very pleased with his service . it takes about 4/5 weeks and costs around £150 a pair, not had any usd forks done so price may vary.


AM Philpot (Hard Chrome) Ltd

Get the wet n dry out

hannakournikova wrote:Get the wet n dry out

i think i must have had a few of your old bikes in my shop then lol.

Hahaha.
From memory, Rhory is talking about one nick. I'm not talking about 80 grit to the stanchions but 2000grit to the high rough edges.
We done it to a friends bandit and he had no bother for the 12k he done in it before selling.

i found this on ebay.
£90 is a bit of a gamble to take if the finish isn't great !

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VFR-400-NC30- ... 734wt_1037

They don't say what type they are for.early or late.

Set of these in gold or 'rainbow (TI look)' for extra bling?

I've made repairs to forks in the past until i've been able to replace them.

Super-fine wet+dry (2000 grade or finer) only around the pitting to remove and high burrs, make sure there is no rust (rust killer etc)

Fill the hole with something, araldite / 2k laquer, something hard and after it's dry re-smoth it down.