Damaged fork anodizing

Trevor_Turner
Edited Date/Time 12/31/2019 7:49am
Bought my second bike about a month ago bike was nice everything looked good and worked properly it’s a 2018 RMZ 250. Anyways the guy was a dentist and had his business stickers on the forks I went to take one off and this is the result lol..... I know I’m probably an idiot for taking it off after seeing it was damaging it but anything that can be done for this? Also does it affect the functionality of the forks in anyway or unsafe? Any input would be helpful have a feeling I just costed myself a good chunk of change 😖😫

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CarlinoJoeVideo 12/23/2019 5:23pm
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Are you sure thats ano on the forks and not coated with something else? Or could they have been damaged already?

It wont be cheap to make them look like new but any suspension shot can get them done
Trevor_Turner 12/23/2019 5:25pm
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CarlinoJoeVideo wrote:
Are you sure thats ano on the forks and not coated with something else? Or could they have been damaged already? It wont be cheap to...
Are you sure thats ano on the forks and not coated with something else? Or could they have been damaged already?

It wont be cheap to make them look like new but any suspension shot can get them done
I’m really not sure I haven’t had a bike since I was maybe 12 years old I’m 22 now so I’m honestly under educated and trying to learn as I go.
Trevor_Turner 12/23/2019 5:27pm
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CarlinoJoeVideo wrote:
Are you sure thats ano on the forks and not coated with something else? Or could they have been damaged already? It wont be cheap to...
Are you sure thats ano on the forks and not coated with something else? Or could they have been damaged already?

It wont be cheap to make them look like new but any suspension shot can get them done
But as I was peeling it off I could see the gold on the sticker where it was pulling it off I just honestly got pissed and ripped it off once I saw the damage had been done I left the other on not sure what I should do, could I just recover with another form of sticker or protector or is that unsafe?
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Action69 12/23/2019 7:00pm
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Removing the sticker didn’t do that,Those are rock chips and if your near arid,salty water it will start to eat at the aluminum once the anodizing is damaged...

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Action69 12/23/2019 7:02pm
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The forks are safe Its just surface corrosion..I have the same thing going on with two of my cr250’s..
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danman 12/24/2019 5:58am
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That won't affect the performance at all. Those are the outer tubes, so it's cosmetic damage only.
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Moto520 12/24/2019 8:16am
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Throw a sticker on it and forget about it. I know that’s hard to do but it is cosmetic only. Fixing it would be a huge pain in the ass with no return except cosmetics.
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Action69 12/24/2019 8:42am
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They make upper fork guards out of plastic ,I believe mine are from polisport..There are also upper fork tube graphics that will wrap around the whole tube..Just ride it and enjoy..
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FWYT 12/24/2019 12:19pm
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Moto520 wrote:
Throw a sticker on it and forget about it. I know that’s hard to do but it is cosmetic only. Fixing it would be a huge...
Throw a sticker on it and forget about it. I know that’s hard to do but it is cosmetic only. Fixing it would be a huge pain in the ass with no return except cosmetics.
Yup.
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FGR01 12/24/2019 4:37pm
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We just recently discussed this in another thread. Your case doesn't appear to be quite as severe but, yes, that absolutely can be more than just cosmetic. Once the corrosion is under the anodizing it is in the structural aluminum of the tubes. Keep in mind the extreme thinness of upper fork tubes. Anyone who thinks this is merely cosmetic is likely underestimating the amount upper fork tubes flex. Bottom line, I'd think long and hard before I'd hit any monster jumps with those fork tubes.
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slipdog 12/25/2019 7:59am
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Nothing to see here...




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slipdog wrote:
Nothing to see here... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/12/25/394046/s1200_Screenshot_2019_12_25_at_7.56.21_AM.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/12/25/394044/s1200_Screenshot_2019_12_25_at_7.56.28_AM.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/12/25/394045/s1200_Screenshot_2019_12_25_at_7.56.36_AM.jpg[/img]
Nothing to see here...




How does that even happen? Im 300lbs and never have done that to a set of forks
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slipdog 12/25/2019 8:13am
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kb228 wrote:
How does that even happen? Im 300lbs and never have done that to a set of forks
I don't remember what the official explanation was but there was a rash of Suzuki SFF forks breaking/bending around '16-'17(i think). That just came to mind when reading this thread but had nothing to do with the pitting issues that the op has.

Edit: I think it was earlier, like 2014 ish.
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DrewJett747 12/27/2019 6:54am
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kb228 wrote:
How does that even happen? Im 300lbs and never have done that to a set of forks
slipdog wrote:
I don't remember what the official explanation was but there was a rash of Suzuki SFF forks breaking/bending around '16-'17(i think). That just came to mind...
I don't remember what the official explanation was but there was a rash of Suzuki SFF forks breaking/bending around '16-'17(i think). That just came to mind when reading this thread but had nothing to do with the pitting issues that the op has.

Edit: I think it was earlier, like 2014 ish.
Could this be due to over tightening the triple clamp bolts?
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DrewJett747 12/27/2019 7:15am
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I'm having the same issue on my 03 kx125. The forks are starting to de-laminate and I'm curious if it can be fixed. I've looked on Ebay a for a different set but most of them are well used or are in worse shape than the set i currently have. Does anyone know if having them re anodized will prevent further damage?

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FGR01 12/27/2019 8:31am
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DrewJett747 wrote:
I'm having the same issue on my 03 kx125. The forks are starting to de-laminate and I'm curious if it can be fixed. I've looked on...
I'm having the same issue on my 03 kx125. The forks are starting to de-laminate and I'm curious if it can be fixed. I've looked on Ebay a for a different set but most of them are well used or are in worse shape than the set i currently have. Does anyone know if having them re anodized will prevent further damage?

Post a pic. But without looking, I'd say in general you'd have to catch it pretty early in order to be able to re-anodize it effectively. If the pitting is much into the aluminum itself you'd kind of be throwing lipstick on a pig.
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FGR01 12/27/2019 8:32am
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slipdog wrote:
I don't remember what the official explanation was but there was a rash of Suzuki SFF forks breaking/bending around '16-'17(i think). That just came to mind...
I don't remember what the official explanation was but there was a rash of Suzuki SFF forks breaking/bending around '16-'17(i think). That just came to mind when reading this thread but had nothing to do with the pitting issues that the op has.

Edit: I think it was earlier, like 2014 ish.
I seem to recall it was excessive flex in the lower triple clamp was contributing to this.

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slipdog 12/27/2019 9:24am
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slipdog wrote:
I don't remember what the official explanation was but there was a rash of Suzuki SFF forks breaking/bending around '16-'17(i think). That just came to mind...
I don't remember what the official explanation was but there was a rash of Suzuki SFF forks breaking/bending around '16-'17(i think). That just came to mind when reading this thread but had nothing to do with the pitting issues that the op has.

Edit: I think it was earlier, like 2014 ish.
FGR01 wrote:
I seem to recall it was excessive flex in the lower triple clamp was contributing to this.
That's what I was thinking I remembered, something about the stock triple clamps.
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DrewJett747 12/31/2019 6:55am
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DrewJett747 wrote:
I'm having the same issue on my 03 kx125. The forks are starting to de-laminate and I'm curious if it can be fixed. I've looked on...
I'm having the same issue on my 03 kx125. The forks are starting to de-laminate and I'm curious if it can be fixed. I've looked on Ebay a for a different set but most of them are well used or are in worse shape than the set i currently have. Does anyone know if having them re anodized will prevent further damage?

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Post a pic. But without looking, I'd say in general you'd have to catch it pretty early in order to be able to re-anodize it effectively...
Post a pic. But without looking, I'd say in general you'd have to catch it pretty early in order to be able to re-anodize it effectively. If the pitting is much into the aluminum itself you'd kind of be throwing lipstick on a pig.
The gold anodized set is an attempted to stop the flaking process and was a replacement for the silver set below. I think the silver set is beyond repair so I tried to sand down the really bad sections to see how much material would flake off. I guess their is no way to really test the integrity of the fork and the silver set should be trashed?







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FGR01 12/31/2019 7:49am
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DrewJett747 wrote:
The gold anodized set is an attempted to stop the flaking process and was a replacement for the silver set below. I think the silver set...
The gold anodized set is an attempted to stop the flaking process and was a replacement for the silver set below. I think the silver set is beyond repair so I tried to sand down the really bad sections to see how much material would flake off. I guess their is no way to really test the integrity of the fork and the silver set should be trashed?







The Gold set doesn't look bad at all. To me it looks like a good candidate to re-anodize or it might not even spread as-is, depending on conditions.

The silver set, some of those holes look pretty far into the aluminum. Hard to tell from pics without feeling how deep it is. In general, any time you are trying to abate corrosion and recoat to prevent re-occurrence, you need to remove all affected material first. It looks like you had to remove quite a bit of material to get past the corrosion. I did a quick search and these outer tubes are actually still available from Kawi. $401 on Amazon was the cheapest I saw. Partzilla wanted me to sign in to see their price.
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I was wondering about this problem regarding this front fork (golden) outer tube of a honda cb500x. 

Do you people think it can stay as is or it needs replacement? 

The mechanic proposes to replace ofc and he cannot manually do something to repair it. 

This scratch is 2-3 cm long and 1-2 mm deep and it did't seem to crack the aluminium itself.


 

 

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