forks

[Paul_G]

I ordered my bomber with the standard forks, did I make a mistake?

are they worth the $1100 difference for the better set?

Bike will be used 95% street.

Paul G

[Voicecoils]

The standard forks are perfectly fine on the street IMO.

If you are used to short travel suspension you'll be very impressed with the feeling of bottomless travel.

I have the single crown version on my Fighter. I find them plush, responsive & they have some adjustment.

The upgrade fork would be good to have for serious dirt riding or for anyone simply wanting the best full package.

Cheers!

Sent from my iPhone

[Paul_G]

Great to hear that, Thanks

Paul G

[Paul_G]

I bought silicon spray and pulled the fork seal open with my finger nail and gave a squirt, ...OMG the forks float with 0 sticking. :)  

[John_W]

Cool. I will do that with mine this morning before my morning ride and see how they feel. :)

[Paul_G]

I cleaned the seals well of any dirt 1st and used silicon, not WD-40 :)

before u do it pump up and down and feel how they stick before moving in jerks, then feel again after.

Now they are better than the WB-200 HD's....hehe

And while you have the silicon in hand hit the steering head and all pivot points on swing arm, shocks....etc

Paul G

[John_W]

Too easy, will do.

Talking about lube, one problem spot I have come across is an annoying squeak from the rear shocker after about 1000 miles. It was quite hard to find exactly where it was coming from but I found the problem stemmed from the bottom pivot point.  The rear pivot has ball joint in centre flanked by bushes on both side that hold an O ring.  Once the bolt is removed, the flanged bushes can be removed from each side. You may need to get a thin screwdriver behind the flange on the bush to pop it out.  My O rings were completely dry. Once cleaned, lubed with O ring grease, and re assembled, the rear shock was perfectly quite again.

[Paul_G]

The silicon does not last the day, I tried Mobil 1, 0-20 synthetic oil, a few drops under each seal and thats working great so far, two days and still super floater. Maybe a few drops per 50-100 miles.

Now where did I put my Pin-Point Oiler? 

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Pin-Point+Oiler

I know you prolly should be using grease but you would need to take apart the forks once a week and thats to much work. 

Paul G