ar50racer Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Hey guys, I need a good set of forks for the bird, I've got around 150k on mine and the outsides have lots of nicks and scratches. I live a mile from a paved road now. The bushings on the inside are soo worn out that I couldn't take the forks apart the normal way(the bushings would slide down and wedge instead of pulling the seal out), I had to run screws down into the seals and pull them out that way, which of coarse put more scratches on on the tubes.....argg. I put a set of Supermoto wheels on my XR650R and have been riding that for last 5 months but would really like to get the bird back up and running. When I didn't have the money I could find forks for sale and now that I've got the money I can't find any! Any help would be much appreciated. Paully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOXXIC Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Dude! Nice to see you post, wondered how you have been! 150K miles, nice work. I don't have any forks, but wanted to say hello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodantking Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 I don't know on this one, but I would call a quality suspension shop and see every can clean them up. For a little more than buying someone else's, you could have yours rebuilt for you and have a better fork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4XX Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Let me see, I think I have a set of straight forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar50racer Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 Tim!! What's up! Yea only 150k, I've not had the riding time I used to, the wife and I got separated and I have the kids 98% of the time, plus I've been riding the shit out of my XR650R offroad and on now with supermoto wheels. I broke my foot trail riding and did some supermoto racing and shattered my knee.........ouch!! So there was another 10 months no riding. I need to visit the board more! Rodant, the tubes are really used, thousands of wheelies, 150k miles and 2 miles of dirt a day for 2 years, and I put some nicks in them getting them apart, the bushing wedged while trying pop the seals out. I have no problem rebuilding them but I would rather have some lower milage ones to put money into. Just the labor at the shops is as much as I've seen for a good pair of forks, not including parts. JB4XX That would be sweet if you've got a set, I am so jonesing to ride the bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrxxquad Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 hey Paully, saw your number the other day in my phone and almost called. sorry to here about the shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 If Josh doesn't have you covered, I have a set that just became available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALCXX Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Sayin Hi Paully. Longtime no hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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