Posted January 29, 200916 yr i need new fork sliders, mine r well pitted and a few scratches.. there used to be a bloke did xs650 bits here but unfortunately he passed away,, now, apparently, the shops been taken over by someone else and its called palma tuning,, when you click on it it tells you its still being updated, now, its been like that for months and i tried phoning but got no reply.. i know the xs650 shop in germany rudiger paustian and mikes xs in u.s do parts for xs650 but they want a small fortune for posting heavy stuff,, i was wondering if anyone had any info about this palma tuning or any other place in the uk that do xs650 parts,, any help would be appreciated,, ian. btw my forks are 2" over ie. 2 inches longer than normal. if there is nowhere i guess i may have to just get them rechromed.
January 30, 200916 yr Moderator i need new fork sliders, mine r well pitted and a few scratches.. there used to be a bloke did xs650 bits here but unfortunately he passed away,, now, apparently, the shops been taken over by someone else and its called palma tuning,, when you click on it it tells you its still being updated, now, its been like that for months and i tried phoning but got no reply.. i know the xs650 shop in germany rudiger paustian and mikes xs in u.s do parts for xs650 but they want a small fortune for posting heavy stuff,, i was wondering if anyone had any info about this palma tuning or any other place in the uk that do xs650 parts,, any help would be appreciated,, ian. btw my forks are 2" over ie. 2 inches longer than normal. if there is nowhere i guess i may have to just get them rechromed. do you mean fork stanchions? there are a couple of specialists in the UK who do them, philpots and fitforks. you need them hard chromed, not decorative chrome.
January 31, 200916 yr Author i suppose it'll have to be. probably go with A.M Philpott, this place seems like the job, HERE Cheers drewpy.
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