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What does the inside of the upper tubes look like?
That fork oil looks the same as what I drain out of my CR125’s transmission after a mud race.
Looks the same as rc car shocks after the coating is worn through on the aluminum shock bodies.
Man, has anybody let the guy who wanted coatings for his PW50 know about these pitfalls?
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I just dont understand the reason for getting your suspension coated, its not going to be noticeable what so ever the difference in friction on chrome and these coatings is negligible dry but then when covered in fork oil its a wash. Hell Roczen was on stock KYB tubes last two rounds.
Yes it does look cool and if the headache/cost is worth it then go for it but still the customer service above sucks but also sucks for SGB as well as they have virtually no control over the coating itself except trying to find a reliable supplier.
The kawi used to come with dlc coatings on the forks all the way up to 2023.
But now the 2024 doesnt have it for some reason, I wonder why?
For one the top is a 24 with coated forks the bottom is a 24 with non coated forks. Two I assume since the bike is all new they wanted to cut cost somewhere
Lol you made the same mistake I made. I wrote 23 for both but meant 23 on top 24 on bottom. See how easy it is to mess up lol?
Anyways they came with dlc for many years and then stopped for 24’ I wonder why. I dont remember any of the reviews mentioning this so I hadnt even noticed until now.
What's the point behind Kashima other then to look trick? Thought about having Enzo go to town on my forks. But I could really go without Kashima if it's just to look pretty and it doesn't hold up
Do it, its only ,$, i.got the factory connection b kit on my zook, can i tell a difference,nope lol. But it looks badazz.
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This is actually a Richter Precision problem we've been seeing for a while now. They're one of the few places that does colored PVD coatings for a "reasonable price" and won't deal with the public, just businesses, so they're popular in the suspension industry for the rainbow, blue, green and violet tubes. For probably the past year we've been seeing their DLC start to wear in 10-20 hours, we've seen the rainbow develop sand lines in a weekend and just general reduction across the board in their quality. SGB is just a service and mod shop, they don't do PVD coatings in house, so it's not entirely their fault but we've seen this for a while and they should have had an alternative solution by now. But that said, the most "beware" part really should be just the coatings, as the quality of most DLC and TiNi has gotten pretty poor these past few years.
Kashima is a high quality hard anodizing. It is functional to be sure, slick and durable. The benefits DLC, TiN, ect. are negligible.
Nah mate, placebo blue pill all day. You roll up with your new boingers on looking trick and you instantly go 3 seconds a lap faster and it damn sure looks much better sitting on the stand. Win win situation
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