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Having recovered from the stink of old fork oil I have been doing some work on the forks. Im looking forward to polishing the aluminium lower legs but before I treat myself to that task I thought I would give the top tubes a going over. After removing the rust on the top ends of the tubes (Scotchbrite) there is some fairly heavy pitting. The pitting is where I would expect it: mostly in the headlamp ears area but also some about an inch or so beneath the lower triple tree. The lower part of the tubes is pit-free and pretty good, there were no obvious signs of oil leaking from the oil seals when I took the forks apart so Im assuming at the business end the tubes are good. Now I need to work out what to do. Im not intending for a full restoration, I want a safe, sound bike to ride when finished. Ive read other posts about getting the hard chrome specialists in Luton to rechrome the legs but I could use the £200+ on so many other things. Also, I dont know if the pitting is something they could deal with? I would be really grateful for any suggestions from those that have gone before. Thanks, Mike
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