How I Restored These Nasty Forks | 1996 RM250

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • The 1996 Suzuki RM250 forks are complete! I rebuilt them using Gold Valves and springs from @racetechsuspension. The Gold Valve kits allow you to dial in your suspension at home to give you a personalized feel based on your weight, riding style and skill level. They are available for almost any motorcycle. See what's available for your bike here: racetech.com/V...
    See IG for photos and teasers from this 1996 RM250 restoration: / madmarcmoto
    And see more videos of this project in my playlist: • 1996 RM250 Restoration

Комментарии • 80

  • @TroyCollier
    @TroyCollier Год назад

    I probably watch hundreds of thousands of videos on RUclips and this is probably right up there with one of the best videos I've ever seen

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад +1

      wow. thanks troy! I struggle a little with suspension vids to make them interesting. They're usually not so popular.

    • @TroyCollier
      @TroyCollier Год назад

      @@madmarc Yeah now I have a new appreciation for my suspension guy. I sent it to him and shared it on my 75k person facebook group.

  • @Ericimeri
    @Ericimeri Год назад +2

    Outstanding restoring skills

  • @hafeexius
    @hafeexius Год назад +3

    Nice!
    You forgot the stickers. They add an extra 10kw at the rear wheel 😅

  • @jimmadonna1436
    @jimmadonna1436 9 месяцев назад

    Marc,you did a great job. They look better than nerw. The. Oil looks toast! Enjoying this build!

  • @Scoupe400
    @Scoupe400 Год назад +1

    Good idea on heating up to get bubbles.
    I’m not sure the last layer you put on the legs. Not electroplated. You might want to put on some guards, a bit like Muc Off sell an adhesive sort, or just good old fashioned plastic ones from any store.

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад

      Thanks, I'm having them re anodized later.

  • @Type1Mind
    @Type1Mind Год назад +2

    Cool video mad marc!

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад

      Thank you megdang!

  • @mr.chiefloafer3662
    @mr.chiefloafer3662 Год назад +1

    Background music makes me feel i am watching post mortem video

  • @EnduroKosianka
    @EnduroKosianka Год назад +2

    Good job 🤩👍

  • @winbrooks6319
    @winbrooks6319 Год назад +2

    Beautiful!

  • @adamsbikebuilds4265
    @adamsbikebuilds4265 Год назад +2

    You are the man

  • @andriesburger4923
    @andriesburger4923 5 дней назад

    Fantastic work

  • @jered1940
    @jered1940 Год назад +2

    Nice work 👏 👌 👍 💪

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад +1

      Thank you, Jered!

  • @pedrodelcampollano7858
    @pedrodelcampollano7858 Год назад +2

    Fantástico trabajo de como cuidar unas horquillas ,si señor Enhorabuena ..saludos de Pedro..

  • @d1sc0f1sh5
    @d1sc0f1sh5 Год назад

    Amazing work!!

  • @_Hangman
    @_Hangman Год назад

    Nice work, amazing how many moving parts they have inside of them. I'd of been so tempted to have those legs re-anodised again though

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад

      Thanks, I'm actually going to pull them back apart and do just that.

    • @_Hangman
      @_Hangman Год назад

      @@madmarc 👌🏻👍🏻

    • @ItsMeeJon
      @ItsMeeJon Год назад

      There’s not many parts to forks

  • @joski9030
    @joski9030 Год назад

    Nice ! I like the gold on those conventional RM forks but either way very nice.

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад +1

      I might have them re-anonized in gold.

    • @joski9030
      @joski9030 Год назад

      Would look nice and original

  • @stanm2.0
    @stanm2.0 11 месяцев назад

    Another unbelievably piece of restoration....tell the truth, you really have a time machine and go back to 1996 and buy a brand new set of forks for the after photo don't you. Keep it up, bring these bikes back to life......@stanforadventure

  • @bigbeaer4906
    @bigbeaer4906 Год назад +2

    Yessssss...

  • @zardportugal
    @zardportugal Год назад

    Amazing job and a great video.

  • @pistoco613
    @pistoco613 Год назад +2

    🔥🔥

  • @WildStyleWorks
    @WildStyleWorks Год назад

    nice job man, you really made it like new!!! i only brought mine back to working order. if you need original parts, or some addvice on how anything on the bike works, haynes has the original suzuki manual from this bike. i got my manual there and have to say i am glad i got it. there is every single part listed from the whole bike. also all tables and wireing diagrams and just anything needed for the bike. i hope i can rebuild mine also in near future. that would be great.

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад

      Thanks man, I have both the Clymer manual and the original Suzuki manual.

    • @WildStyleWorks
      @WildStyleWorks Год назад

      nice

  • @vlademirbenevides9850
    @vlademirbenevides9850 Год назад +1

    Belo trabalho. Parabéns ❗️🇧🇷

  • @reza090282
    @reza090282 9 месяцев назад

    Nice clean work....

  • @jonathangaliano2617
    @jonathangaliano2617 3 дня назад

    I have tons of ATV parts to clean including aluminum. Any chance you have a link to the scotchbrite pads that you like for aluminum? Also any tips for cleaning oxidized cast aluminum?

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  День назад

      scotch brite are good for cleaning the oxidization off aluminum. see this ruclips.net/user/shortsbYLLnQt1p5g just search ebay for red scotch brite pads

  • @eriwilnel
    @eriwilnel Год назад

    very well done!

  • @matthiasschulze393
    @matthiasschulze393 Год назад

    oh didn't you have to put in new floating valve seals on the compression dampers?

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад

      What part are you talking about?

  • @Veritch-Electric
    @Veritch-Electric 10 месяцев назад

    Art work

  • @kol4is417
    @kol4is417 Год назад +2

    Good👍

  • @cgustiragustira6218
    @cgustiragustira6218 8 месяцев назад

    Kerja yg bagus apik and profesional bangett👍👍💪💪

    • @RahmadJrs
      @RahmadJrs 3 месяца назад

      Gold plated nya dikikis habis bang 😢

  • @bernardbrabant880
    @bernardbrabant880 6 месяцев назад

    Bjr vous faite du tres bon travail bravo 👍

  • @pmfilmsUK
    @pmfilmsUK Год назад

    Fantastic

  • @DougAcebal
    @DougAcebal 2 месяца назад

    Water blast would have done quick work of that

  • @MrDogtown22
    @MrDogtown22 Месяц назад

    Surly leaving the outer tubes bare aluminium is a bad idea? Surly the anodising protects them from getting that white rust??

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Месяц назад +1

      You're right that's why I anodized them gold later

    • @MrDogtown22
      @MrDogtown22 Месяц назад

      @@madmarc when you got your swing arm back from anodising, did you notice and colour differences near the welds?

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Месяц назад

      @@MrDogtown22 mmm not really. But depending on the welding rod alloy that was used that can happen. Was your swingarm originally painted or anodized? the only issue I had with my swingarm was when i used the wrong welding rod to fill in some holes. it came out gray. i had to redo it with another filler. see my swingarm video. ruclips.net/video/BaQEYHyFh9U/видео.html

    • @MrDogtown22
      @MrDogtown22 Месяц назад

      @madmarc yeah I've seen that mate nice work. I sanded all the anodising off my original Honda swing arm amd had it anodised. When I got it back it was a diff colour close to the welds. They said this is caused by the heat of the welds changing the metal. They've had it back now to see if they can do it better

  • @CHIBA280CRV
    @CHIBA280CRV Год назад

    Fantastic 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @derrickspells2264
    @derrickspells2264 3 месяца назад

    What pads were those ? Primemx ?

  • @someoneyouknow96
    @someoneyouknow96 2 месяца назад

    You did those entire outer forks with wheels from pryme I assume? I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my rm forks. Got my cerakote swatch set today. I cerakoted my kx forks. They turned out OK for a first timer like myself. Not sure if I'm going to do the rm in cerakote though.

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  2 месяца назад

      @@someoneyouknow96 I ended up anodizing them gold. Don't bother stripping off the anodizing yourself, just take them to a local anodizing place as is. The place I go to only charges $110 for a set of fork tubes

    • @someoneyouknow96
      @someoneyouknow96 2 месяца назад

      @@madmarc what? Ive never seen pricing like thst before. That's crazy. Id do that in a heartbeat.

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  2 месяца назад

      @@someoneyouknow96 I think that's because suspension places outsource their anodizing. They just double or triple the price.

    • @someoneyouknow96
      @someoneyouknow96 2 месяца назад

      @@madmarc gotcha. Looks like I need to search around. I did contact a place on the other side of the state but they no longer do small stuff

  • @fredmotor4908
    @fredmotor4908 Год назад

    Good vidéo

  • @fleetwarrior75
    @fleetwarrior75 Год назад

    Awesome

  • @robertmillar2037
    @robertmillar2037 7 месяцев назад

    At 1.55 what sort of polishing wheel is this?

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  7 месяцев назад

      See this video at 7.52 ruclips.net/video/Fa8bt_MdO20/видео.htmlfeature=shared

  • @agustinjs9406
    @agustinjs9406 Год назад

    Next YZ 250 and CR 250

  • @darling7084
    @darling7084 Год назад

    🇯🇵good job👍

  • @alaskanyeti0036
    @alaskanyeti0036 Год назад

    🔥

  • @yoshy4072
    @yoshy4072 Год назад +1

    Plus you stripped all the protective zinc coating off....Duh.

  • @yoshy4072
    @yoshy4072 Год назад +1

    Small amount of dirt on them , big deal, wash the damn things.........geeezz.

    • @madmarc
      @madmarc  Год назад +2

      What's your consulting fee?

  • @user-alexkzn
    @user-alexkzn Год назад

    👍👍👍

  • @malanoch3
    @malanoch3 Год назад

    From rust to shine...

  • @МаксимКацман-м9к

    1000👍

  • @АлексейПреображенский-ц3ж

    Новая вилка дешевле...

  • @aladar8019
    @aladar8019 Год назад

    🦾

  • @diopappa
    @diopappa Год назад +1

    "Restored"... You ruined the plating! That treatment costs a lot and it's the main reason why your forks have no pitting at all