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I was wondering if anyone has heard of a particular way to determine if the forks on a GL1500 need to be overhauled. Another post mentioned on an older wing that the fork oil should be changed. The factory service manual doesn't mention a scheduled fork oil change.
My 95 GL1500A has about 42k miles and I don't think the forks have ever been "great" (owned since new). They have always felt kind of mushy and on a recent 2800 mile tour across the USA, I noticed what others might term pretty consistent "pumping" of the front end from 20-45 mph...sort of feels like the road is washboardedor the tire has gone egg-shaped. It's not horrible and most of the time I don't notice it. The bike rides well at speed with no balance concerns. I really don't think the tire is out of round and I run the pressures at 33 front and 41 rear.
I was wondering if there might be a stuck valve in a fork leg or something like the anti-dive mechanism. Anyone heard of this?
I am a little intimidated with the exploded view of the forks in the manual and my ability to disassemble and rebuild.
Thanks for any feedback.
Greg :waving:
I was wondering if anyone has heard of a particular way to determine if the forks on a GL1500 need to be overhauled. Another post mentioned on an older wing that the fork oil should be changed. The factory service manual doesn't mention a scheduled fork oil change.
My 95 GL1500A has about 42k miles and I don't think the forks have ever been "great" (owned since new). They have always felt kind of mushy and on a recent 2800 mile tour across the USA, I noticed what others might term pretty consistent "pumping" of the front end from 20-45 mph...sort of feels like the road is washboardedor the tire has gone egg-shaped. It's not horrible and most of the time I don't notice it. The bike rides well at speed with no balance concerns. I really don't think the tire is out of round and I run the pressures at 33 front and 41 rear.
I was wondering if there might be a stuck valve in a fork leg or something like the anti-dive mechanism. Anyone heard of this?
I am a little intimidated with the exploded view of the forks in the manual and my ability to disassemble and rebuild.
Thanks for any feedback.
Greg :waving: