Larry, Do hope you get on with your new part, had a new hip fitted almost 3 years ago

much better with that.

Good luck

Larry

Good to hear that Larry and thanks for the good wishes. Things going well so far.

Larry.

Hello guys,

More advice needed. I attach photo's of the front forks and innards. Two questions, there is corrosion on the tubes, are replacements required or could I rechrome, or just put up with them the way they are? The other pic is of the innards the ends of which seem to be brazed. Is this normal or were they altered in some way?

I've sent off the engine, and various bits and pieces to be soda blasted so we'll see how that turns out.

Larry.

hello you could buy another pair off good forks or you can get the tubes re chromed. like these.

Larry , You can't really live with stanchions in that sort of shape, don't know about your area but around here chrome work & centerless grinding

is not cost effective, probably suitable forks on e bay at a fair price, I don't know M 10's at all but I would guess the top clamp is of the tapered style

so there should be spares available, have to plead dumb on the dampers though.

Have a good day

Larry

Folks, '

    Anyone know if this brake pedal is standard for a '68 Sherpa? It came with the  bike back when I acquired it early seventy's. The colour is due to a coat of Fe 123 for rust. 

Hi,yes this is the original brake pedal , the upright piller is a stop which touches the underside of the footrest .You are lucky as they normaly are not present

Larry, what did you do with the pitted tubes ?

 

Larry

Larry,

   Must confess I haven't done anything yet. I have a tendency to long finger stuff and also get sidetracked into other things I'm afraid. I intend to check out rechroming before looking for replacements as I have come across a company that does it over here. To be honest, I'm not sure if I could identify the correct ones on ebay but that will be the route if the chroming works out too expensive.

 

Bult360,

       

Thanks for that info, The pedal was not fitted when I got the bike back in the day as the rear inner brake was busted. I used the bike with only a (poor) front brake for the duration. As Senor Buggatti said, I make cars to go, not to stop! 

Larry, there  are others more knowledgeable on M 10 , but they appear to be of the taper tops that were used

up thru M 85 Alpinas at least, I have used early sliders on later tubes with no problems.

I only offer this as my own experience.

One other word of caution M 92 and on have the knurling below what you need.

 

Larry

 

Checked out a chroming company a couple of weeks back but they couldn't do hard chroming. They kindly referred me to others who could. I was quoted 180 euro for the two fork tubes.

How does that sound to you guys?

 

Larry 2.

Larry 2, Pretty pricey HUH, you might want to explore all options.

 

I am pretty sure there are folks here that have sources close by.

 

Larry

 

Larry,

    Yes, I thought it was a tad expensive. I had checked online re. model 10 fork tubes but found nothing. I'll check M85 Alpinas and see what turns up.

 

Thanks for the guidance. BTW, getting the other knee done on Monday week!

 

Larry2.

 

 

 I was quoted 180 euro for the two fork tubes.

How does that sound to you guys?

 

Larry 2.

 

To me that seems about right, Most english based companys are quoting about £150.00. But be very careful you check out the company first as quality can vary from company to company.

 

You might think this expensive but hard chrome on forks is not simple chrome plate. They have to remove the existing chrome usualy grinding back, make any repairs neccessary, plate the legs and then grind to size and finaly polish/linish to obtain the correct surface finish.

 

Stuart

Thanks Stuart,

                  To be fair, the company outlined the process just as you have explained it. In addition, £150 equates to €211. So time for a rethink.

  This company is the only one here that carry out hard chroming and if I were to get it done in the UK carriage would be a significant cost.

 

I think I'll follow it up and see how I get on. I would like the original tubes anyway if I can, as my instinct is towards preservation rather than restoration as I think an old vehicle should tell a story. 

 

Thanks again,

 

Larry2.