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Had a look at the fork stanchions the other day and realised they are bent......

Had decided to get them straightened but had a better look at them today and they are kinked so thats not an option and they're goin in the bin.

However on the plus side I took the forks apart and I'm pretty sure I've got uprated springs in there so it's not a total loss! Will put up some picks tomorrow.

I'm looking to buy a paor of Paulo & Franco stanchions from wemoto. Has anyone else tried this and if so what did you think?

Been able to get a bit of time recently on the bike so I've got the forks rebuilt. It's a Richard of a job bits that spin inside bits that spin inside bits that spin anyway they're done with new stanchions, seals, bushes etc and today I rubbed em down and started spraying them. They're gonna be satin black for the most part with the textured pain in the bottom section.



I also drilled off the lock cylinder and cut off all the ugly bits that hold it on will be spraying this up in the texture paint again. Will be mounting the key on the left below the tank.

Oooh that pillar drill looks the dog's

Good job with the top yoke and the forks. I like the spinning sentence

Did you end up getting new Paulo & Franco stanchions from Wemoto

Chris.

Hello Chris, yeah I did, I reckon they'll be all good, the look and feel of them was pretty good. Ah man those forks were a pain!

I should be finishing off the forks tomorrow so I'll stick up some photos.

A pain if the bottom Allen bolt is not coming out easily I loosened mine first with the spring still in place while on the bike.

Ant wrote:Hello Chris, yeah I did, I reckon they'll be all good, the look and feel of them was pretty good. Ah man those forks were a pain!

I should be finishing off the forks tomorrow so I'll stick up some photos.

Cheers for the information Ant

Keep up the good work,

Chris.

Managed to get the forks finished off today



Still got to stick the dust seals on but hey.



Gonna start on the back end next, then I can get her up on the stands and head for the finish line!

You don't hang about Ant do you a nice combination you have there on the fork legs

Chris.

i'm very jealous of your tools and skills, keep up the good work fella....

That's going to look sheet hot mate, good job

That looks great. I like the fork lowers too.

Can I send you my forks? ;)

Thanks for all the comments, it's getting there!

Demonic: no you can not! I'll be paying someone to do the next pair I do, they're a bitch!

I ordered some goodies last night, got a new oil cooler (black), a new headlight (black) and some bar end indicators (also black). Will stick up some photos when they get here.

Photo's black?

redpig wrote:Photo's black?

That's what Ant does!