Kyoto Fork Seals?

Originally Posted by tonyt

Yes I thought they were going to supply Vesrah fork seals.. I know they are good and are Japanese.... Just worried about the Kyoto ones they sent as I've never heard of them... !!

more than half the bearings on my bike are kyoto very good quality i wouldn't be worried about there quality

[Bibio]

got them for the GSXR forks but not fitted them yet but they do look good quality. only thing i dont like is the dust seals as they have the spring on the outside but i supose its no biggie.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by maviczap

No, but their bearings are good

Do you mean Koyo, rather than Kyoto?

Not seen any Kyoto bearings, but seen their seals a number of times, they seem to me as good as any other pattern bit.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Do you mean Koyo, rather than Kyoto?

Not seen any Kyoto bearings, but seen their seals a number of times, they seem to me as good as any other pattern bit.

lol massive fail no idea about kyoto but koyo bearings are good

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Do you mean Koyo, rather than Kyoto?

Not seen any Kyoto bearings, but seen their seals a number of times, they seem to me as good as any other pattern bit.

Kyoto.. !!!

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by tonyt

Kyoto.. !!!

Yes, you said, and I answered.

The above is in response to the person who responded about bearings of the same maker - I asked if they had meant Koyo bearings.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Yes, you said, and I answered.

The above is in response to the person who responded about bearings of the same maker - I asked if they had meant Koyo bearings.

Oh right sorry.... Do you rate the Kyoto fork seals...?

[Spanner Man]

Good morning all.


Kyoto, in keeping with Vesrah seals seem ok as far as pattern seals go.

One thing I've noticed with pattern seals is that often, they're unnecessarily tighter in the fork sliders than the original ones. This increases the likelyhood of distortion when fitting them.
I prefer to use genuine seals at all times. It's unfortunate that Suzuki seems to prefer to 'Punch one up the nuts' when it comes to fork seal pricing. When compared to Yamaha, Honda, & Kawasaki etc.

A lot of O/E seals are made by NOK. I have in the past tried to obtain these elsewhere, but to no avail.


Cheers.

Originally Posted by Spanner Man

Good morning all.


Kyoto, in keeping with Vesrah seals seem ok as far as pattern seals go.

One thing I've noticed with pattern seals is that often, they're unnecessarily tighter in the fork sliders than the original ones. This increases the likelyhood of distortion when fitting them.
I prefer to use genuine seals at all times. It's unfortunate that Suzuki seems to prefer to 'Punch one up the nuts' when it comes to fork seal pricing. When compared to Yamaha, Honda, & Kawasaki etc.

A lot of O/E seals are made by NOK. I have in the past tried to obtain these elsewhere, but to no avail.


Cheers.

Thanks for the info Spannerman... Yes Suzuki take the p**s with all there spares prices.... Have you infact ever used the Kyoto seals..? as you can imagine I don't want to repeat the process again after few hundred miles or so.. also can't be doing with coughing up around £36 just for the oil seals plus the same again for the dust seals just to have them in a Suzuki box...

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by tonyt

Have you in fact ever used the Kyoto seals?

Yes.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

they seem to me as good as any other pattern bit.