I know there's a thread in the old technical section regarding this that dates back to 2008 so as it's three years later, I thought I'd start a new one here.
Long story short - the fork tubes on my 1100E are pretty badly pitted and, at $249 plus shipping ($60 - $80 depending on standard or express) from Z1 for a new set of tubes, not to mention however much import duty gets added to the pile; I was ever so delighted when I typed "fork rechroming" into Google and the link at the top of the page led me to http://www.pittedforks.co.uk/index.php
I spent a while reading through every stage, finding out just what they do to the forks, then I rang to get a quote. I told the guy (Martin) what I had and that I'd be stripping them myself, sending just the tubes from Ireland. He said I'd have to cover postage of them TO him (I think they collect them in the UK) and that it'd cost ?156 done and delivered back to my door!!!
My jaw nearly hit the ground...
When time comes to sort the forks out, that's where I'll be sending them.
Thought some of the UK members here might appreciate the info.
Long story short - the fork tubes on my 1100E are pretty badly pitted and, at $249 plus shipping ($60 - $80 depending on standard or express) from Z1 for a new set of tubes, not to mention however much import duty gets added to the pile; I was ever so delighted when I typed "fork rechroming" into Google and the link at the top of the page led me to http://www.pittedforks.co.uk/index.php
I spent a while reading through every stage, finding out just what they do to the forks, then I rang to get a quote. I told the guy (Martin) what I had and that I'd be stripping them myself, sending just the tubes from Ireland. He said I'd have to cover postage of them TO him (I think they collect them in the UK) and that it'd cost ?156 done and delivered back to my door!!!
My jaw nearly hit the ground...
When time comes to sort the forks out, that's where I'll be sending them.
Thought some of the UK members here might appreciate the info.
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