Katana Owners Club U.K.

Some of you may remember that i bought an old TDM 850 back in January to hack around on. It had hardly turned a wheel since then because ive either been working or it was lobbing it down with rain.

I managed to get out on it yesterday, all was good apart from the forks are shot and pumping oil onto the front discs They are not pitted but there are several dimples just above the seals.

So good people of Katana land, im sure its possible to get them filled and rechromed but who would you recommend and roughly how much would it cost ? Or should i start trawling the net for a set from a breakers.

Cheers

Philpotts.............Hard chroming is the way to go, once done that sholuld outlast the bike!

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Expensive though

Pete

Cheaper than OEM replacements...........

Thanks bobster.

Do you know how much would it cost to get both legs done ? There is a pair on ebay at the moment for £160 delivered.

£150-£250

Pete

Think theyre about £160-£180 to get a pair re-chromed.....dont quote me on that though!

So if those one on ebay are new fork tubes its a no brainer.....get em bought!

according to their website

£165 if you send t hem the bare stations

or £265 if they strip and rebuild for you.

Got Skruffy Kats done there. superb job.

Thanks gents.

My pop up forks need doing too. I will send them off to Phillpots when funds permit as you all recommend their work. In the mean time i will try a couple of local breakers to see what the score is locally.

Cheers