16-10-13, 11:21 PM
Next Up, due to the impending MOT and the oil dripping down the stanchions and sliders, was the fork seals.
A technical error with my phone (I 'dropped' it), means not many pics of this, but it's not too exciting so thats ok! :rollin
The forks were painted black, but it looked like what paint hadn't already corroded off, was put on with a broom.
You can also see the led DRL I've mounted under the fairing. Very unobtrusive, but traffic definitely sees me better when I'm filtering than they ever did on dip beam. Queues part like the sea! Could be the slight bluish tinge though?...
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So I took them off, stripped them down using a guide on here, thanks John Silva
http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,42.ms...tml#msg120
and replaced the oil (15w for a firmer damping, I'm almost 15st) and the seals.
While I had the sliders off, I stripped the paint off and polished them up with a buffing wheel and some Autosol.
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They now look the business, passed MOT and don't bounce like pogo sticks!
A technical error with my phone (I 'dropped' it), means not many pics of this, but it's not too exciting so thats ok! :rollin
The forks were painted black, but it looked like what paint hadn't already corroded off, was put on with a broom.
You can also see the led DRL I've mounted under the fairing. Very unobtrusive, but traffic definitely sees me better when I'm filtering than they ever did on dip beam. Queues part like the sea! Could be the slight bluish tinge though?...
[smg id=1243]
So I took them off, stripped them down using a guide on here, thanks John Silva
http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,42.ms...tml#msg120
and replaced the oil (15w for a firmer damping, I'm almost 15st) and the seals.
While I had the sliders off, I stripped the paint off and polished them up with a buffing wheel and some Autosol.
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They now look the business, passed MOT and don't bounce like pogo sticks!
WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdQM825SMs