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Title: 89 rm 250 forks
Post by: rough rider on April 03, 2014, 07:43:28 pm

hi anyone know of a 89 rm 250 being wrecked anywhere , looking for upper fork legs (alloy) in good condition and a few other bits and pieces
thanks

Title: Re: 89 rm 250 forks
Post by: Davey Crocket on April 03, 2014, 09:52:30 pm

There always corroided, get some 88 normal forks......they work way better too.

Title: Re: 89 rm 250 forks
Post by: rough rider on April 03, 2014, 10:20:47 pm

yep mine are corroded bad

Title: Re: 89 rm 250 forks
Post by: SON on April 04, 2014, 05:54:04 am

Have you considered Hydroblasting them ?

Title: Re: 89 rm 250 forks
Post by: Davey Crocket on April 04, 2014, 09:18:24 am

You can blast the rust but they seem to pit quite deep, the alloy flakes like all those dodgy 83/84/85 DID rims do, they must have used chinesse alloy in 89 at KYB.

Title: Re: 89 rm 250 forks
Post by: rough rider on April 04, 2014, 10:55:56 am

these are to far gone to do anything with, bike was a barn find so to speek , was sitting in a shed been stripped down to frame for a few years .

(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/briks4/P1040123_zpsbecc0228.jpg) (http://s874.photobucket.com/user/briks4/media/P1040123_zpsbecc0228.jpg.html)

Title: Re: 89 rm 250 forks
Post by: suzuki59 on April 04, 2014, 12:14:34 pm

Ouch!