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Fork Tubes

zuluwiz

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The Ratzuki has a problem with blowing fork seals. Mike the mechanic sez the tubes are pitted and it will continue blowing seals until they are fixed. My question: can these tubes be repaired somehow, or are there replacement fork tubes in my future? If so what should I do about this? Can I put aftermarket tubes on, or should I try to stay with OEM?

(the Ratzuki is a stock '81 GS850G)
 
Pitted forks should be hard chromed. Specialist job but I should imagine you can get it done in the US at least as easily as we can here. Costs about ?150 the pair in the UK.

There are aftermarket legs out there and of decent quality but they ain't cheap (more than getting yours refurbished probably - it is here). Tomazelli (spelling might be a bit off) make good tubes.
 
One option here is Frank’s Forks or Forks by Frank or something like that.

No idea on pricing, I just know they are available.

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You might be able to find a good used set of forks cheaper than repairing them. I think there were quite a few 850's being parted out in the sales section. I know I have a couple, but I'd have to see what condition they are in.
 
I would second getting new ones from Forks by Frank. He did a fantastic job when I needed to fix my forks after wrecking the GS550T a couple of years ago
 
Looked at the parts for sale forum and didn't see what I needed. So I went to ebay as suggested by gsrick and voila! got em on order. Thx rick
 
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