Hi everyone going to treat my bulto 199b to a paint job and tidy it up abit ,just noticed the fork stanchions are pitted a bit .Is it cheaper to get them rechromed or buy new old stock ones ,anybody any ideas wots best way to go .cheers

Depends on who re-chromes them or who you can buy them from.

Hi everyone going to treat my bulto 199b to a paint job and tidy it up abit ,just noticed the fork stanchions are pitted a bit .Is it cheaper to get them rechromed or buy new old stock ones ,anybody any ideas wots best way to go .cheers

Rechroming finish is not always as good a finish as the originals ie not as smooth, not as round, not honed. However it probably depends on where you get them done. Where I live it is much cheaper to buy good second hand tubes than to rechrome and rechrome is cheaper than NOS.

If you say where you live you may get some local advice on pricing and quality of finish.

Hi - I have had two sets of Bultaco stanchions hard chromed at Philpotts (Luton) who can be found at http://www.pittedforks.co.uk/. Both jobs were excellent and I would recommend them.

They will collect, grind our pitting, hard chrome, regrind and send back for

Edited August 13, 200719 yr by bultaco49

:thumbup:Ok thanks for the replys ,ive iust got a email off dave renham saying he as new ones at