Anyone have a helicoil tap I can borrow for M6x1? I have the inserts but cannot find the tap.

Never mind I found it

u need to use a timesert!!!! they make helicoils there bitch!!! way superior!!

timsert is the way to go!!! solid as a rock and so easy to put in.

A'rent timserts the solid threaded replacement? Not just the wire? I don't know if there is enough room for one of those. The hole in question is the attach hole for the lower fork guard. Not much edge margin for anything more than a helicoil. I may make a thin titanium insert though.

you can grind it down to the length u need!!! ive used em there too!!!

I think I'll use the helicoil to get me by, then make an insert. thanks for the info

Just dont strip the threads.

I always heard that the threads on those fork protector bolts on Suzukis sucked...

Cheap ass pot metal fork ends.

I've got to re-thread a CRF cam-holder-to-cover-cap and was going the heli-coil rout but it looks like Time-Sert might be the way.

Heli-Coil is easy just:
1) Drill
2) Tap
3) Insert
4) Remove tang

So, What's the diff between Heli-Coil and Time-Sert?

The Timesert is a threaded solid bushing whereas the helicoil is just a wire. The timeserts are a betterw ay to go but I already have the helicoil stuff. I may make my own timesert though.