what did you do with your fazer today ?

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now the l/h fork seal is weeping.  Ordered up replacements and a seal driver. 

Before you do that, have you checked that there might just be a bit of crud caught under the seal?

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Yup - Run a piece of thin plastic up the inside of the seal.  It seemed very easy to get past the lip so I think the seal is worn anyway.
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So I received the new fork seals, seal driver and headstock stand over the last week but as the good weather was forecast to break, I decided to go for a blast this afternoon instead.  It was a great run on some fun roads in the sunshine.  The previously weeping fork seal stanchion remained bone dry which was good news but I was struggling with "enthustiastic" cornering and kept on feeling the front very vague as if under inflated (which it is not) but flighty at greater corner speeds.  I initially put it down to the remaining salt and winter debris however, on inspection the right hand side of the front Angel GT is below the wear indicators - near bald on a line probably where the softer compound starts.  The profile is uneven also.  Still plenty on the centre and the LH side.  I favour right handers so I guess that makes sense and a lot of the "good" roads up here are resurfaced yearly with tar and chips leaving an extremely abrasive surface whilst providing poor grip levels.  I changed the rear less than 800 miles ago and it still looks great - should not have been so cheap and replaced the pair.....