I changed my fork oil and seals yesterday. I also added some neoprene fork guards to help keep the seals safer from crispy bugs. Turns out I had progressive springs and tranny fluid. I filled it with 10wt fork oil because I had it on the shelf. It looks like the filter mentioned in the manual is no longer in the forks. Im guessing it gets removed with the progressive springs. Anyway I did the job with help and did NOT remove the fairing. I also noticed I had some fluid in the air line when I removed the valve core. Now im pretty familiar with the fork set up, changing the oil in the future would be easy enough to do with just draining and filling forks in the bike.
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Just a reminder that rally registration closes on May 9 so that we can place our t-shirt order for the rally.
If you are coming, but have not sent in your registration, do it TODAY or TOMORROW!
After that, we will not accept any orders for t-shirts. We order a few extra of the most common sizes for the rally. You can only get what is available.
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See you all soon!
Front fork question
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Re: Front fork question
Yeah, I don't think that filter really does much. That's why I removed the air manifold, too. Which leads to two things:Bonnie and Clyde wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 3:55 pmI also noticed I had some fluid in the air line when I removed the valve core.
1 - I'll probably put the manifold back on (I plugged the holes in a reversible manner), and then rig a valve near the triple clamp -- see below) to release the pressure on those hot days with lots of fun curves.
2 - I think the extra headspace associated with the manifold and plumbing affects the proper fluid level. That is, I think the factory recommended level is best without this extra headspace, but the higher level recommended elsewhere in this blog is better with all that crap still installed.
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