[Closed] Tora. Service or run to death?

Anything wrong with them or just needing an oil change?
What year are they?

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If its just an oil change, quite easy to do yourself. If its something more than that, they are probably right.

Nothing wrong with them at all, just felt it would be a good idea to have them serviced regularly.

Thanks for the link, the job doesn't look too difficult but, as I said I don't have a workshop space at the moment - hopefully in a couple of months once I move house! So I'm not looking to do it myself.

Spend the money on a man's fork. Sam does them for £70. In fact, didn't your Swift come with a set...
Man up man. (Not literally though).

If you like them, then spend as much time looking after them as you can/are prepared to.

might be worth do a service one year yourself and get in done by a shop the next to keep costs down.

Mine are 08 Toras and have never been serviced. As a basic coil fork I have never really considered it. On reflection they might feel a bit more plush if I changed the oil but they are still ok and are on my second bike, maybe next year.

I wouldn’t go to a shop to get them done, if I had serviced them every year in a shop I could have upgraded by now where as having not done it I have loads of money in my bank account (not).

takisawa2 - Member
Spend the money on a man's fork. Sam does them for £70. In fact, didn't your Swift come with a set...
Man up man. (Not literally though).

Actually got the rigid fork on at the moment and am strangely enjoying it....

Singlespeed_Shep - Member
If you like them, then spend as much time looking after them as you can/are prepared to.

might be worth do a service one year yourself and get in done by a shop the next to keep costs down.

Good advice - I think that's what I'll do. Next time round I should have a workshop so it'll be easier

Mine are 08 Toras and have never been serviced

They've been on three bikes and while I accept that the action is not the greatest they are still perfectly functional. Just a bit of play in the bushes

My opinion is that Toras are workmanlike forks designed to run and run

uwe-r - Member
Mine are 08 Toras and have never been serviced. As a basic coil fork I have never really considered it

Mine are the air model - does that mean they need a little more TLC?

When you get sorted, give them a lower leg service every now and then and if the internals really die at some point buy some better ones. for the price of 2 services you could have some brand new ones.

Get a new set of seals and some lower lube mixture from TF Tuned fit the seals, and the oil will last 3 or 4 lower services. I haven't brave opening them up fully yet!! lower leg service is a doddle though and only takes 5 minutes.

Mine are just spare ones now, but this is what i do. mine are 130mm solo air's btw.

Keep serviced for longer life and ride quality.

Got some 08 Recon's which have never been serviced but had a relatively easy life. Opened them up the other week and apart from one of the foam rings being pretty dry, everything was relatively clean. New foam rings and dust seals and new oil is not too expensive and cleaned and regreased the coil. The pre-load seems broken but i think that and a new coil is only £15 or something?

If you buy new forks those too are going to need servicing soon enough, so you're just delaying the decision a bit.

When you can, drop the lowers off and lube them up, you can get a lube kit from TFTuned or buy the oil from bikegoo for a fraction of the cost of paying someone else to do it. The whole process will be demystified and you'll be better informed on what to do next.