Triumphrat

x75

The front fork tubes on my 95 Daytona Super III have little spots where the chrome has flaked off, not from collision or rock dings but more like some kind of corrosion or plating defect. I think the bike lived near the sea for a while as there are some corroded bits here and there. Anyway, I replaced the seals and polished the tubes but still can't keep fork seals alive when they have to slide over the little sharp flakes so I end up with an oily front brake situation and a general mess.

Anybody else ever seen this problem? Or know a source/specification for Daytona fork tubes? I'm afraid to go to the dealer and pay $500 or whatever the factory price would be. Are these Kawasaki forks?

Thanks, the bike is still fabulous, only 14k miles, 40+ MPG at 80+ cruise, got 48 MPG recently when I obeyed speed limits for a whole tank, but it wasn't easy. All stock except for Micron carbon cans that match the factory CF weave.

DaytonaDave

This side of the pond there are places that do a refurb service for fork tubes. They re-chrome then grind to size. Its usually cheaper than new tubes.

There must be someone over there offering the same sort of service.