Done! When are you riding to New Mexico?
Good to know about the springs. I like the idea of not spending the extra 45 pounds. Cogent Dynamics wants $152 dollars for a spring! Plus labor.
I have just sent them a message. I wanted to verify ability to re-spring for 17.8 stone! What do you think about rounding should I go up or...
Cool, thanks for the tip regarding YSS $419.00 USD is pretty good today. HONDA VF 500 F INTERCEPTOR 1984 - 1987 GAS TOP LINE TOP LINE (STD)...
I put about 80 miles on today. Front feels good ironically the back is pretty stiff. I have no preload air what soever on the shock. I am...
This is much better. Rode first highway speed ride and exercised the tires a little bit on a couple 90's corners! Front end feels good great, I...
I cleaned up the tail last night ride ready today. I put the a set of front signal stems on the rear, and removed a check of fender I am fabbing...
Rode the KLR out of the desert 10 miles on a flat rear tire. I stopped to pump it with my electric pump twice which got me about a mile each...
Temp to almost hit fifty today, so off to the Mesa to ride with a buddy. I am going to see what kind of chore it is to dismantle enough plastic...
Here is the latest, kinda whiped out at the moment been a long day for many reasons [ATTACH]This s what 20mm preload looks like with the Race...
Thanks going to call it a night. I am going mix up the oil and get the preload set up tomorrow. Yeah the state of Hawaii does the fork sticker...
[ATTACH] Does the state of New York Deface a motorcycle in this modern age with the registration sticker on the fork? Damn. Got them together,...
Well I did put the old spring into the tube and put the cap in to put some pressure on it I got it tight enough to work on, I will certainly...
Having a hard time getting the hex bolt at the bottom of the left for to get sufficiently tight? It is just spinning the piston. Hints?...
Did I not see somewhere that fork oil leverl is measured with the springs out from the top of the tube? Can remember who told me or where I saw it.
Sweet thanks.
I am getting ready to put the sliders back on the forks. Hoping this looks correct. [ATTACH]
Yes it would be much better removing the cap screw while the tubes are still in the triple clamp. Look at the difference in spring length!...
So Fork Day. I have the tubes off the bike and partial dissassembled and have a question. Regarding the left side manual page below shows the...
For those interested... Here is a link to some correspondence with other Members while I was first getting into my 86 500 that I was lucky get...
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