Honda cg125 pitted forks

[Rusty]

Hi my son has a cg125 with pitted forks=mot fail
Its a 1989 drum brake cg125 br-j model.
Does anyone know which model fork tubes fit,i have had a quote from honda new £315 lol
I have seen fork tubes on fleebay but for the later disc model,and chinese copy models.
Greetz Rusty

[TAX MY BRAIN]

Quick fix.......
Fit gaiters to the forks ( to hide the forks tubes ) so long as they are not leaking they should pass an mot as the mot inspector is not aloud to remove the gaiter
Anyone care to confirm this as true ??
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[Mudskipper]

How pitted are they? If it's just surface pitting/rust it might be possible to sand it out (I did this with my GSXR forks).

Are the pits damaging the seals? I didn't think pitted forks alone constituted a fail - only leaking seals caused by the pits damaging them. What does the fail sheet say exactly?

Even badly pitted forks can be satisfactorily bodged using araldite as a filler. See stinkwheel's method below:

[Rusty]

Hi there are 3 pits that travel below seal,theses are not massive pits and seals last for a few months.
I have seen forks on fleebay cheap but most are from more modern disc models,if i can find a match this would be my preffered method.
If not then maybe i will try and fill them then cover with gaitors and try a different mot test centre
ty 4 feedback

[Mudskipper]

These are the ones I did (wet & dry only)

[stinkwheel]

Alternatively:
£72 for a pair here

Give them a clean up though, rust can look a lot worse than it is. As a general rule, if you can catch a pit with your fingernail, it could damage the seal and would benefit from treating.
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