Any UK Strada-ists waiting for Brook suspension/ Adriani/ new forks?

To celebrate not selling my 'Strada I decided to treat it to some Adriani cartridges and sent the forks away to Brook suspension, Bradford. Had a leaking seal also.

Am told the forks are too badly pitted, that they can't be removed from the Alloy fork bottoms easily without damage for rechroming, and only real option is to buy replacement genuine Ducati fork tubes with ally bottoms.

Also told that another HyperStrada owner has their forks there now and is in the same situation but has ordered the Ducati parts and is waiting for their arrival.
Is that any one of 'us'? Just curious more than anything.

Has anyone else had this experience or any other suggestions before I commit just north of £1grand (on top of the slightly south of a £grand cartridge install)?
It's turning into an expensive month..

Ta.

A

Cheers Brad. That's the kind of explanation that I got - the 50/50 & often damaged on disassembly.
The forks don't even look too bad. Not obviously pitted to my eyes. They have a general fork rebuild charge of £198 which included the cartridge fitting.
They seem a decent Co. having had a rear shock rebuilt by them in the past.

Hi Nick. I wanted to ask how you were getting along with the Nitron set up now that you have had it a little while.
It looks lovely stuff, top choice, but sounds like you need to eat more pies for better performance.
It was rough roads - dropping into a chasm between the resurfaced lanes on the A46 that started this journey.
Hit it with a bang that threw mirrors and satnav forward, nearly had me off. Wheel bearing knackered (wheel still in tolerance round) and noticed the fork leak then.
Also - coincidence or connected, 2 radiator leaks at the fan mounting positions showed up at the same time. Not what I was expecting to see.
I'm looking forward to having some biking fun on it, Brooks said the other owner was waiting from the start of the month for one of the forks, so when that will be, I don't know.

Sorry, ANDREANI. I can't spell.

uncle brad said:

For what it's worth, i was told that the set screw (grub screw) that locked the lower fork bottoms in place would ruin the threads if not completely removed Some people used a milling bit to remove any swarf or pieces of thread that remained. Any crap left in the set screw hole may cause binding of the threaded portion of the fork leg and you would not be able to securely reassemble the fork later. Also, there is thread locker that needs to be heated to allow the release of the fork bottom. There was a YouTube vid i watched and i made sure i thoroughly heated the fork with a heat gun and checked the temperature with one of those hand held guns. I can't say that it was the most polished of procedures that the gent used but it worked. Here's the vid, i fast forwarded to the pertinent section. You can watch the whole thing at your leisure. Cheers!

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I wish I hadn't watched that, Brad - It doesn't look too bad a job, and nothing to lose by having a go.
I just paid up for new forks.
I guess Brook suspension are just covering themselves from a possible fail.
Thanks anyway.

Thanks Brad (That has made me feel a bit better about it all! )
Yes, I'm really looking forward to trying them out. I'm sure I'll see the improvement.
Are you getting along with yours?