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Went for a 200 mile ride on saturday. Temps was about 48 degrees. Half way into the ride I noticed green viscous liquid crawling up the front of my "tank". Pulled off thinking the worst that it was coolant and I was going to overheat 80 miles from home. Too slippery then I looked down the left fork was obviously leaking.
oh and the rest of the way home I got to contend with green oil droplets on my helmet visor. Just enough to be annoying, apparently the air flow is just right up the inside of the steering area to blow and atomize a little bit of the hanging oil and coat me, ugh.
Argh, I thought when I got thte 85 I was getting out of having to rebuild forks for a while
Order seals and progressive springs(figured I might as well do that too while i was in there) from denniskirk. Hopefully I'll be doing that this weekend. Would rather be doing something else not wrench related but oh well.
I am hoping that when I get them off I dont need new bushings, bike has 21,000 miles on it so holding my breath that they are okay and I dont get delayed another weekend getting it road worthy again.
Can the forks on the 85 limited be pulled without taking the fairing off? Looked at the manual, just wasnt 100% clear if it was doable or not.
bob
Went for a 200 mile ride on saturday. Temps was about 48 degrees. Half way into the ride I noticed green viscous liquid crawling up the front of my "tank". Pulled off thinking the worst that it was coolant and I was going to overheat 80 miles from home. Too slippery then I looked down the left fork was obviously leaking.
oh and the rest of the way home I got to contend with green oil droplets on my helmet visor. Just enough to be annoying, apparently the air flow is just right up the inside of the steering area to blow and atomize a little bit of the hanging oil and coat me, ugh.
Argh, I thought when I got thte 85 I was getting out of having to rebuild forks for a while
Order seals and progressive springs(figured I might as well do that too while i was in there) from denniskirk. Hopefully I'll be doing that this weekend. Would rather be doing something else not wrench related but oh well.
I am hoping that when I get them off I dont need new bushings, bike has 21,000 miles on it so holding my breath that they are okay and I dont get delayed another weekend getting it road worthy again.
Can the forks on the 85 limited be pulled without taking the fairing off? Looked at the manual, just wasnt 100% clear if it was doable or not.
bob