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Front fork stanchions.

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Johnny4428:
Anybody used Brook Suspension for front fork stanchion refurb, £219 for the pair.

Laverda Dave:
I called Brook suspension about the rear shock on my NC30 and they advised me they could also replate the front stanchions for about £220 (dont quote me on that price but I know they were a lot cheaper than Philpotts. I asked if they did them in-house but they said they sent them away. I thought it may have been to Dynosurf but Ken said Dynosurf no longer do motorcycle forks so I'm not sure who they send them to.
I went to Philpotts in the end (£320 but I dropped them off and collected them, its £10 each way to have them collected and posted and you need to put them in a cardboard tube to protect them). I got them back in 10 days, a pretty good turnaround and as usual they were perfect.
It will be interesting to see how well Brook's do if you use them.

Oddjob:
Maybe they don't do them over the counter for members of the public Dave but will do them in bulk for a dealer like Brooks.

Murf:
I looked around quite a lot when I wanted my 550 stanchions rechroming, there is not many places left that do them now. The choice was Brooks or Philpotts, I was going to use Brooks on price really and see what they were like. However it was an 8 week turnaround which wasn’t great, but what decided me against them was that one of the stanchions had a slight bow in it, I asked if they straightened them before grinding and chroming, they would not give me a definite ‘yes’ to this so I used Philpotts as I know they do check all the stanchions before starting work on them.

Philpotts turned them around in just over 2 weeks and the results were great, the finish is so good I could not have been more pleased and they were really well packed when sent back to me. I would definitely use them again.

Check that the Brooks price includes VAT

Johnny4428:
Just had a phone call from Marc at Brook Suspension who have recieved my fork stanchions, the price had increased by another £100, taking it up to £320! He said they have been checked for straightness and they are both bent. £50 each to straighten. Cant argue needs must. ( I have sneakily attached top nuts/bungs which he didn’t mention I’ll see if they get done as well. I know Phillpotts were quite good at doing them at no extra charge, just ain’t going to get them done for a couple of hundred any more.

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