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Kush_RR
23rd August 2011, 10:07
Hi I own a Cbr 250 rr 91. just noticed my forks are leaking badly and might need new seals. can anyone guide me in the right direction. im not mechanically minded so got a quote from Cyclespot Takapuna($220-230 is what they said) Red Baron quoted $300? should i just get it done from Cyclespot Honda? Im in Ponsonby.

Madness
23rd August 2011, 11:01
Hi I own a Cbr 250 rr 91. just noticed my forks are leaking badly and might need new seals. can anyone guide me in the right direction. im not mechanically minded so got a quote from Cyclespot Takapuna($220-230 is what they said) Red Baron quoted $300? should i just get it done from Cyclespot Honda? Im in Ponsonby.

Please do us a favour. First, call George at Motorcycle Doctors on 0800 MOTO MD. Then, stop dredging multiple 5 year old threads. That said, nice use of the search function

Robert Taylor
23rd August 2011, 17:50
Hi I own a Cbr 250 rr 91. just noticed my forks are leaking badly and might need new seals. can anyone guide me in the right direction. im not mechanically minded so got a quote from Cyclespot Takapuna($220-230 is what they said) Red Baron quoted $300? should i just get it done from Cyclespot Honda? Im in Ponsonby.

Dont neccessarily go for the lowest price. There are many cheap brands of fork seal and oil on the market and that normally reflects in lower quality, more fork sel drag and shorter oil life. Ask for genuine seals or NOK brand.

Jay GTI
24th August 2011, 15:17
What Robert Taylor said.

I spent lots of money and numerous Friday nights over a 6 month period replacing fork seals on my old RM250 until I gave up using cheap seals (even well-known brands, All Balls etc) and bought some genuine Suzuki ones. That was 3 years ago and to my knowledge they still haven't leaked again.

Interestingly the genuine Suzuki seals were NOKs, they were $180 from Colemans, which was what was putting me off them in the first place, but I spent way more than that on all the other seals and numerous bottles of fork oil I also had to go through.

Kush_RR
29th August 2011, 10:01
Kool Thanks for the advice guys and sorry that i made multiple posts, was loosing sleep over this, but thanks il probably buy my own seals and oil and and pay labour for it? Does anyone know what size shd i buy for the 250rr?

4AGE
29th August 2011, 10:45
Kool Thanks for the advice guys and sorry that i made multiple posts, was loosing sleep over this, but thanks il probably buy my own seals and oil and and pay labour for it? Does anyone know what size shd i buy for the 250rr?

Search the net and download a service manual for it.
You will thank me later.

Kush_RR
29th August 2011, 11:04
Search the net and download a service manual for it.
You will thank me later.


Got it. cheers.

Kush_RR
29th August 2011, 22:48
after hours of research, ordering a set of Nok(k-tech) seals size is 37mm x50mm x11mm

Kush_RR
30th August 2011, 09:19
Dont neccessarily go for the lowest price. There are many cheap brands of fork seal and oil on the market and that normally reflects in lower quality, more fork sel drag and shorter oil life. Ask for genuine seals or NOK brand.

Hey Robert i read in a few of your posts about k-tech coming to nz - where abouts can i find oil seals for my mc22 here in nz?
or should i order them from k-tech.co.uk?- only website i can find that ships to nz

Robert Taylor
30th August 2011, 20:32
Hey Robert i read in a few of your posts about k-tech coming to nz - where abouts can i find oil seals for my mc22 here in nz?
or should i order them from k-tech.co.uk?- only website i can find that ships to nz

The best ( by far ) distributor of K-Tech stuff in NZ is Norm Cobb at Suspension Tech in Auckland, and rightfully he should really be the only distributor. Give him a call on 09 525 1249 or e-mail norm@suspensiontech.com He has been doing suspension for decades, knows more than a thing or two and will see you right.

Kush_RR
2nd September 2011, 14:42
The best ( by far ) distributor of K-Tech stuff in NZ is Norm Cobb at Suspension Tech in Auckland, and rightfully he should really be the only distributor. Give him a call on 09 525 1249 or e-mail norm@suspensiontech.com He has been doing suspension for decades, knows more than a thing or two and will see you right.

Cheers for that Robert, finally got the seals and took it to cyclespot and paid labour. however, wen i went back to pick it up today they also told me that the steering head bearings are worn out and they didnt have it in stock so it would cost another $300 for parts and labour to fix it. so gutted that the shocks are back on and have to pay labour all over again to get it fixed. anyways my bad luck, maybe i can just get the bearings and try to look up DIY video to sort it for me. anyone here to give me any advise on that?