14-04-13, 11:06 PM
As far as stripping the forks goes, it's not difficult at all except for one thing - getting the bolt out of the bottom of the forks. It's in there good an proper and I had to ask the dealer to loosen it for me with their windy allen key. The first time I did it, I slipped some Ohlins springs in there, but they didn't make a massive amount of difference. I think I should have gone a few lb's heavier.
I've used Philpotts (pitted forks.co.uk is just their website) when the seals blew and I found a large pit in the middle of the wear surface and although they came back with a less mirror finish, it's lasted much much better than standard. The factory finish is for show and very thin I reckon, because after 6 years there's no pitting or rust at all, and that includes 5 proper salty winters too. So, Philipotts get a recommendation from me.
I just dropped the forks off and they disassembled and re-chromed them for £120. I think. It was a while ago. There was an article in Practical Sportsbikes about them under their 'Without whom' series and the amount of work that goes into re-chroming is quite extensive so pretty damn good value.
I've used Philpotts (pitted forks.co.uk is just their website) when the seals blew and I found a large pit in the middle of the wear surface and although they came back with a less mirror finish, it's lasted much much better than standard. The factory finish is for show and very thin I reckon, because after 6 years there's no pitting or rust at all, and that includes 5 proper salty winters too. So, Philipotts get a recommendation from me.
I just dropped the forks off and they disassembled and re-chromed them for £120. I think. It was a while ago. There was an article in Practical Sportsbikes about them under their 'Without whom' series and the amount of work that goes into re-chroming is quite extensive so pretty damn good value.
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