Gone and done it and booked my Blade in for a fork makeover on Monday KTECH FRONT FORK PISTON KIT KTECH FLOW CONTROL VALVES KTECH FORK SPRING 9.5nm KTECH FORK FLUID #5 FRONT FORK OIL & DUST SEAL SET + setup Better be worth it!!
20SSK-INT-SHO1 for the FRONT FORK PISTON KIT 20K-FCV-SH07 for FLOW CONTROL VALVES Would love to get the cartridges but they would be wasted on my talents! One of my seals is weeping slightly and needed a full fork service anyway so thought way the hey, this bike is a keeper splash the cash!
Oil and dust seals £41.38 Fork oil £19.49 Piston kit £229.99 Control Valves £75.00 Springs £85.01 Fitting £150.00 Total £600.86 Now using the man maths Would need to do the seals done anyway so minus £210.86 They will do this on Monday (most other places can't fit me in till Jan) so two weeks Public travel costs so another £140 saved so it is actually costing £250 - this is the Price quoted to the wife
Where are you getting it done mate? Not to put a dampener on things but I'm getting the same done for quite a bit less.
Just to add the work is being done at PDQ near Slough. The guys there seem to really know their stuff.
is the fitting for bring in the forks only, or for them taking the forks out of the bike and putting them back in? I would have though it would be a bit cheaper, but if your happy, and happy with the service and set up, then thats more important than a few quid
dampener I've got few quotes and they're all ball park. Do you mind me asking how much you got quoted? For me the difference is the bike is out of action whilst the seals are leaking and this cost me an arm and a leg to use public transport to work. Also PDQ are a stone's throw away so logically its easy. edit *logistically
not bad then, but like I said, if your happy with the work being done and their service, then go for it. nice piece of kit there going in though
Just a few other quotes I got for a full forkin' works MCT - £552 (but fooking miles away!) Mike Dawson Racing - £642
I know mike, bloody decent dude and proper knows his stuff. Glad your happy with your quote and logistics of it so roll with it. Can't beat it if local and good service. Btw, let us know how you get on, looking at similar for mine.
Having Ohlins 20mm cartridges and Wilber's shock having a titanium spring to suit my moobs. For around £600 quid that's me taking off that's on the zx6r
Thanks Jim, I will come back with a review. My local is very good, perhaps not the cheapest but I trust em and they give good service. Above all, cos they're are close, I can drop the bike off and get the wife to pick me up and spend some quality time with her and kids
Hi Slick. If it is a roll in roll out job, then to be honest you won't be far away from that price. I was quoted £400 for the piston kit, spring, flow control valves, and oil. Plus £38 for them picking the fork up and re-delivering them. So if you add in a set of seals and the roll in roll out service it's actually not too bad.
