VFR No4. The clothes horse

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Tim400GB » Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:26 pm

Got some RVF fork legs, not bad condition, need a good clean up and some new seals, bushes are ok.

Quite pitted, not sure what to do about that. Might get some new stanchions, do wemoto sell them?
Then it would be a case of getting the lowers off too??

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All split for refurb.
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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Drunkn Munky » Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:43 pm

Webike sell pre nitrided coloured stanchions, not cheap though http://japan.webike.co.uk/products/9675119.html

How do tell if the bushes are knackered or not mate?

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Tim400GB » Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:51 pm

:shock: not going that road with that price tag
There's a firm that rechromes legs for much less than that.

The grey Teflon coating gets worn off

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Tim400GB » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:37 pm

Think I might get a pair of these, anyone got any experience with them (Paolo Tarozzi Fork Stanchions)?

http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/honda/rvf_4 ... _-_single/

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Tim400GB » Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:25 pm

One of my Christmas presents was a Rick Oliver adaptor kit.

Got the lower bearing greased up and pressed onto the bottom yoke and the bearing cup into the frame.
The adaptor is going with the top yoke and fork sliders to get anodised.

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There is feck all lock lol.
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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Tim400GB » Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:34 pm

Got the stanchions out of the bottoms, this was a first for me, once I bought the T8 torx socket needed for the grub screw, heat was the answer...lots of heat.

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by BB_158 » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:41 pm

Brave man!... Respec
My other ride is another 400, Woohoo!... Doh

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Zippy » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:18 am

Are you going to do the same as you did to the other forks you have?

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Tim400GB » Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:23 pm

Cheers

No, going for an oem look with this set

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Re: VFR No4. The clothes horse

Post by Tim400GB » Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:20 pm

Back from Star anodising :grin:

Fork sliders in original as possible, headstock boss in silver and top yoke in black
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The top yoke has been blasted then the face has been slowly flattened back with grades of emery cloth (took a while!)
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Yokes all tight
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