Hello, Been a while since I posted. I searched through old forums and couldn’t find any related stories - has anyone wore out the outer fork tubes on their 2015 1200 S? Dealer says every Skyhook bike he gets he has to replace the tubes, and of course after I pulled them off myself he says mine are shot too. I told him to put the seals in and give the forks back… now it looks like they might be leaking still, but I need to put more miles on to confirm. New tubes will be $1,800 plus labor (CAD). Since that seems ridiculous, I’m looking at 2 other options: - Put in 2014 Pikes Peak forks (found a set on eBay for $1700 CAD) assuming they don’t suffer from the same problem. Black tubes would looks sweet too! - Put in 2015 Pikes Peak forks and lose Skyhook on the front. Has anyone ever done either of these or something else? Anyone ever wore out your tubes? Any other ideas? I could just change the tubes but it feels like that’s not fixing the problem. Regards, Greg
Are you talking about no.3 in this parts diagram ? https://www.bike-parts-ducati.com/d...rada-1200-S-Touring/FRONT-FORK/375/2317/0/375 I’m not sure how the outer tube can wear out, but am open to being educated. Surely that’s precisely what the bushes inside the fork are for ? which, of course, are expendable wear items and do need changing periodically.
Am assuming you mean the stanchions . Places like this for refurb. https://www.brooksuspension.co.uk/w...jgN99DIV11vi31Pzi2EDpH9Q5adcJK4If5rEZ5E6N4dDX
I’ve had the fork legs re chromed and new seals fitted (1997 900ss) when they started to leak. Not had any issues since.
Yes, part no. 3. When I told them I wasn’t going to change them and to just throw in the new seals and bushings I provided, I asked them to take pictures. Went to pick up the forks and asked for the pics, allegedly their camera broke in the 24 hours between me asking them to take pics with the forks apart and me picking them up…. I wish I had pictures/evidence/proof of the tubes wearing.
That’s shocking (excuse the unintended pun). I think @knightrider is absolutely correct. It raises the question where else they apply such dubious practices in their business. If it were me I’d be taking my future business elsewhere - although I appreciate the geography of the situation may make that impractical.
Exactly, I'd have thought the same.... but as an aside is it possible, or has anyone ever seen it happen, for the fork bush/seal recess(es) in the outer stanchion to wear and/or corrode enough to oval out.
I have certainly seen outer tubes corroded to the point that the seal holder section was at the point of disintegrating but I've never seen them wear.
