Lightduty Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Hello all, I believe I’m in the market for replacement fork tubes for my 2003. I’ve looked on eBay and really don’t want to chance the used crashed market. I’ve see the Chinese knock offs and was wondering if anyone has had any insight to this option. My forks were unfortunately not cared for from the previous owner and are pitting and continue to rip oil seals. Any help or suggestions are welcomed. I am also from Canada if that helps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Egg on Leggs Posted September 27, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted September 27, 2018 You must have some business in Canada that will grind and re chrome forks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer TheLimey Posted September 28, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted September 28, 2018 Race Tech do TNK-branded ones at a mere US$191 each. I'm with Eggs on Leggs, though, if your stanctions are straight it has to be more cost effective to have them re-plated than replace them outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhodeMoto Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I have a 91 3rd gen that i acquired with bent tubes. I went with "forks by frank". There has been pro/con regarding them, and apparently there was a period after Frank passed away that things were sketchy. I talked to new manager/owner got a good feel and ordeded. Turn around may have been 2 weeks. Cost was around $300 usd. Was very pleased with custom craftsmanship. They use a thicker wall tube. This caused a bit of an issue with racetech springs. I dressed down the OD to achieve clearance. I had a thread a while back? Have some photos as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelman Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Bent tubes ? You'll need to replace the steering head bearings if the front end took a hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightduty Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 You must have some business in Canada that will grind and re chrome forks. I honestly didn’t even think of that, I will have to see if anybody does that around me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightduty Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 Race Tech do TNK-branded ones at a mere US$191 each. I'm with Eggs on Leggs, though, if your stanctions are straight it has to be more cost effective to have them re-plated than replace them outright. Yes they are straight, previous owner didn’t store the bike properly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfbud Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Are there not any other Honda (or Jap big 4) models that will be a straight fit? There must be something out there with the same forks surely .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted October 2, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted October 2, 2018 You'd think...but probably not. Forks are one of the components that Honda don't seem to use on multiple models. If they did, the part numbers would be the same, so it would be easy to check this online at Ron Ayers or CMS (I haven't, however). Ciao, JZH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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