I don't think you need to completely tear them down, just get them
off so you can tip them upside down to drain, then refill, right?
This reminds me, the first few years I had the 1100 I did, what was
it, 4 fork seal jobs in 2 seasons? finally took the time to polish
out an almost imperceptible nick in the tube, no problems since.
PS, I snuck a ride in today, was coldest day in 7 years a few days
back, about 41 today, felt like high summer, back to reality for a
few weeks yet.
Gust, I hear it was unbelievably cold over by you. How do you stand it?
On Feb 22, 2006, at 5:31 PM, wa wrote:
Stayed with the stock size, whatever it was. When Larry gave me
back my parts I couldn't believe how long the front springs are! If
I had tried to change them myself those puppies would have shot off
and ended up the next block over from my driveway! We also
discovered that there's no drain hole for the oil up front so they
had to dismantle the forks completely. I had checked the archives
and found where it's possible to drill holes but then you have to
take the forks apart anyway to make sure you didn't leave any
shavings in them. Oh, well. It's done and I can't wait to try it
out! (But I'm NOT complaining about the drizzle and rain - we need
it down here!)
Thought about getting shorter on the left side so she wouldn't lean
so far right when I take my hands off the grips. I still wonder if
it's because she went down on the right side and slid for quite a
ways. I'll never know till I ride to the equator and try it there!
wa
on 2/21/06 9:28 PM, Inbred Redneck at bugbor@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
So, wa, did you go with the stock length springs in the front?
How about the shocks? Stock length, shorter, longer, or what? Short
on the left and long on the right, or vice versa?
Rob J
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