Fork stanchion query

Martin C · 20-09-2017, 10:40 AM

(I've also posted this in the "I Want" section.) The left-side fork stanchion on my '95 M900 has a few small but deep pitting marks and has chewed up a new fork seal in less than 3,000 miles. I suspect the bumpy Portuguese mountain roads I used in May did not exactly help! Does anyone perhaps have a really good one that I can buy, please? It's the very early Showa non-adjustable type (with 'Ducati' in raised letters on the bottom alloy section)?

Dukedesmo · 20-09-2017, 10:57 AM

Just a thought and it obviously takes longer than fitting new but you could likely get the tube re-chromed for not too much money.

Alternatively a new tube might be cheaper than you think?...

Darren69 · 20-09-2017, 11:00 AM

I posted a company (HCP) that did mine on your previous thread.

utopia · 20-09-2017, 11:10 AM

I came across some neoprene, wrap around protector "socks" a while back.
They look pretty naff but if you're going back to the Portugese mountain roads anytime in the future it might be worth fitting a pair for the journey.
The company/brand is "cream carbon" (told you they were naff).

20-09-2017, 07:47 PM

Cheers Jeff, I have a pair of those fitted to my Evo

Martin C · 07-10-2017, 11:33 AM

My belated thanks for the replies. Sorted - I've ordered a new one. I think the result of the very bumpy mountain roads - and a few off-road trackways - that I used was that the forks repeatedly compressed even more than in the UK, and the seal was damaged by constantly passing over the long-standing slight pits in the chrome.

20-09-2017, 10:40 AM	#1
Martin C Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Burton on Trent Bike: M900 Posts: 244	Fork stanchion query (I've also posted this in the "I Want" section.) The left-side fork stanchion on my '95 M900 has a few small but deep pitting marks and has chewed up a new fork seal in less than 3,000 miles. I suspect the bumpy Portuguese mountain roads I used in May did not exactly help! Does anyone perhaps have a really good one that I can buy, please? It's the very early Showa non-adjustable type (with 'Ducati' in raised letters on the bottom alloy section)? __________________ Owning a Monsta is not the beginning of the end, but it may well be the end of the beginning....

20-09-2017, 10:57 AM	#2
Dukedesmo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leics Bike: M900 Posts: 2,838	Just a thought and it obviously takes longer than fitting new but you could likely get the tube re-chromed for not too much money. Alternatively a new tube might be cheaper than you think?... __________________ M900, 916, LeMans II.

20-09-2017, 11:00 AM	#3
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,022	I posted a company (HCP) that did mine on your previous thread. __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

07-10-2017, 11:33 AM	#6
Martin C Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Burton on Trent Bike: M900 Posts: 244	My belated thanks for the replies. Sorted - I've ordered a new one. I think the result of the very bumpy mountain roads - and a few off-road trackways - that I used was that the forks repeatedly compressed even more than in the UK, and the seal was damaged by constantly passing over the long-standing slight pits in the chrome. __________________ Owning a Monsta is not the beginning of the end, but it may well be the end of the beginning....

20-09-2017, 11:10 AM	#4
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,545	I came across some neoprene, wrap around protector "socks" a while back. They look pretty naff but if you're going back to the Portugese mountain roads anytime in the future it might be worth fitting a pair for the journey. The company/brand is "cream carbon" (told you they were naff).

20-09-2017, 07:47 PM	#5
bazread Guest Posts: n/a	Cheers Jeff, I have a pair of those fitted to my Evo