Nitrade coating forks, who to use?

[baz69]

Looking to get some lc forks done, anyone any recommendations of who to use, or if you have got done any pics, only people so far I can find are brooks suspension which seem to have a good reputation, cheers

[jon]

I think you mean Nitride instead of Nitrade. To be more precise Titanium Nitride.

A few places do it, but I’d be more interested in service than the ability to do it.

Jon

[Ruddy]

Do Brooks actually do all the services they offer in house or are they just middle men🤔. ??

[ianr4863]

Firefox Racing do it , but Ive never used them so cant comment on the service

[baz69]

Sorry yeah meant nitride coating ,brooks and Firefox are the only two i have come across not sure if either do in house ,that's why wondering if any one that's used this service could recommend,tbh its more for the look than the performance and brooks susp tell me unless the stanchions are in excellent condition they would need rechroming first,there are what I would call a small amount of pin marks ,( not surprising on 35 year old forks)so could prove to be an expensive look.

[bare]

Merely curious: Why? the perceived need to Spend large on what are actually fairly Crap forks onna LC..
Too thin, consequently wiggly every time one uses the brakes... the meanest ones yama fitted for many years.
One could upgrade to Valvie forks or more moderne ones or If an Anorak about authenticity..simply buy rechromed LC legs from Norbo.

[baz69]

Why,good question,just want to improve the look of the front end ,apologies meant to say ,have 31k forks and yokes on ,and yes the cost over the gain is why I haven't done it yet,seen a set of forks with gold nitride stanchions and black lowers and it looked really good ,cost wise I could probably justify £245 for nitride but if they have to be rechromed first £165 then yes it becomes cost prohibitive ,could go for usd forks but really want to keep original wheels ,if there a usd front end that lets me retain front wheel I would go that route ,,but haven't seen any conversions that front wheel is retained obviously using donor wheel allows for much better tyre choice .

[tipfinchy]

is it not for less stiction the nitride? , my cr500 has them in black with gold uppers but was on the bike when I got it
20180626_171650 by martin finch, on Flickr

mart

[oldelsieboy]

ABE offer the service.

www.allbikeengineering.co.uk/forks.php

OEB

[baz69]

It is indeed less static friction ,I use to race supermoto ,two bikes one factory husaberg 570 with nitride and one 550 with chrome stanchions difference was small but noticeable more fluidity in forks,but as I say on this project more for look .

[oldelsieboy]

Aug 13, 2019 16:28:27 GMT 1 baz69 said:

Looking to get some lc forks done, anyone any recommendations of who to use, or if you have got done any pics, only people so far I can find are brooks suspension which seem to have a good reputation, cheers

Don't go gold 

OEB

[baz69]

Oh mucho thanks for that ,searched high and low couldn't find an Elsie with it done,mmm deffo doesn't look as good as I imagined,I have a mars bar lc so that's why I thought gold stanchions with anodised black lowers,maybe black stanchions and brushed lowers ,opinions please confused now .

[dusty350]

Personally, on Lc forks, I would leave them the standard hard chrome finish. There is no real performance advantage on a set of Lc/Pv forks imo. You would be better off spending money on a thorough overhaul of what you have. They are 35 year old forks, and an expensive coating of Nitride isn't gonna make a lot of difference I think. Plus I don't think it looks quite right on an Lc, but as ever, it's your bike, do what makes YOU happy

Dusty