Front fork stanchions repair/refurb thread - Page 2 - SV650.org

Sid Squid · 21-04-11, 07:48 PM

Philpots in Luton are very good too.

A Link.

muzikill · 24-04-11, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Hit them with 1200 emery and plenty silicone lube, make sure you get all the abrasive off when you're done.

Aye this worked a treat, its taken away the jaggy feel of the stanchions. Even if its enough to get the bike through this year then i can fix them for real during late autumn. Thanks guys.

24-04-11, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewsmith

I think someone has looked into hard annodization recently for similar reasons.
I can't find the thread, but someone will be able to point you

You can`t Hard Anodise Steel , it is done on Aluminium . It also has to be done , ideally , on freshly machined Aluminium of a certain grade and type as well . You can , however , get stanchions ground down and Hard-chromed

andrewsmith · 24-04-11, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

You can`t Hard Anodise Steel , it is done on Aluminium . It also has to be done , ideally , on freshly machined Aluminium of a certain grade and type as well . You can , however , get stanchions ground down and Hard-chromed

cheers for clearing that up mate!

24-04-11, 10:36 PM

No worries feller , don`t want you all wasting time on something that can`t be done when you can research what can be done

andrewsmith · 24-04-11, 10:39 PM

I wouldn't put it past a B(l)andit owner

24-04-11, 10:43 PM

Oh Don`t ....... had one around my gaff today buying my Simpson lid off me , I heard it coming down the road and thought "Hmmm Bandit 1200 owner ? Coming to buy my Simpson RX8 , how much Anodised stuff will he have ?"

He asked me "Whaddaya think ?" nodding towards his bike ........ I replied "yeah , Suzuki , got one meself" and pointed at the SV and then bribed his attention with the offer of a brew ........ I have never seen so much Red Anodising in my life , truly eye-gougingly awful ..... still , managed to wrestle £250 off him

andrewsmith · 24-04-11, 10:53 PM

haha

Right I need to get a new lid, cheers for the reminder
I complain about the tat on me mates bandit, but his is no where near bad (as a true Bandit owner) or a harley or the idiot tempting Northumbria's finest on an Indian at Kielder

21-04-11, 07:48 PM	#11
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Front fork stanchions repair/refurb thread Philpots in Luton are very good too. A Link. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

24-04-11, 10:36 PM	#15
xXBADGERXx Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Front fork stanchions repair/refurb thread No worries feller , don`t want you all wasting time on something that can`t be done when you can research what can be done

24-04-11, 10:39 PM	#16
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Front fork stanchions repair/refurb thread I wouldn't put it past a B(l)andit owner __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

24-04-11, 10:43 PM	#17
xXBADGERXx Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Front fork stanchions repair/refurb thread Oh Don`t ....... had one around my gaff today buying my Simpson lid off me , I heard it coming down the road and thought "Hmmm Bandit 1200 owner ? Coming to buy my Simpson RX8 , how much Anodised stuff will he have ?" He asked me "Whaddaya think ?" nodding towards his bike ........ I replied "yeah , Suzuki , got one meself" and pointed at the SV and then bribed his attention with the offer of a brew ........ I have never seen so much Red Anodising in my life , truly eye-gougingly awful ..... still , managed to wrestle £250 off him

24-04-11, 10:53 PM	#18
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Front fork stanchions repair/refurb thread haha Right I need to get a new lid, cheers for the reminder I complain about the tat on me mates bandit, but his is no where near bad (as a true Bandit owner) or a harley or the idiot tempting Northumbria's finest on an Indian at Kielder __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

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