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...
That is beautiful! Your mod is exactly what I am hoping to achieve. I did this to my KLR, but wasn't afraid to sawzall some plastic in this...
Race Tech Spings are in the shop, I am going to start the spring install preload setup, and seal install this week. The weather has been good so...
Good to know. Thanks.
Wonder No More. Per Mike at RaceTech : "There is a 12" piece of spacer material included. If you need more, we use 3/4'' PVC.
I was wondering about whether the springs will be shipped with any material? From what I am hearing around is that the existing preload spacers...
I am waiting for my RT fork springs to arrive and am reading through the install detail at RaceTech website. If I am just replacing stock springs...
Dude, I hope I can be of some help to you some day! If you have need for a process vacuum engineer I am the one! So just ordered a set of .85kg...
Capt. Replying to old thread. RT recommends Oil level to 180mm do you happen to know what the level measures out to on a stock set up for a 500?...
Those words are music to my ears. I was suspicious when it smoked, as it also smelled like burnt fruit? Similar to the smell from the glop that...
TGiving is over, me and the little woman are again alone. I am back in the shop. Rode the 86 around the block a couple times, going to work on...
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