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Front fork restoration during winter
Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: Orcade-Ian on December 30, 2022, 03:30:19 PM ---Philpotts Dave,
Oh, I really hope you haven't SUED them! :). Just 2 letters make a lot of difference!
They do an excellent job and virtually always have to straighten the stanchions, even a few thou shows up when grinding prior to chroming. Alex, I'm on with doing virtually the same to my recently acquired F1. Remember to slacken the top fork nuts (the chrome ones) before you undo the pinch bolts on the yokes.
Ian
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;D, it's that predictive text again Ian! Should have been used ::). I need to take my Rickman forks up to them when I collect the bike from Glasgow.
Orcade-Ian:
I was just having a dig Dave after commenting some years ago on your Dresden Triton!
Ian
Seabeowner:
Ian
Your front stanchion/damper etc. is an F and F1 only. Lurking under the gator of mine was the biggest/deepest rusty pit I'd seen. Sourced a stanchion in the end, £150ish.
alexdecker:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on December 30, 2022, 07:19:31 PM ---Peter Horton did my clocks I'm trying to polish my 500 forks - not finished yet!!
500 fork legs by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
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This is marvellous work! I’d like to accomplish something similar. Do you have a link to the process you went through to get there? This seems like a perfect winter project 😊
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
See the Polishing thread here on sohc.
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