Touringman
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Finally got around to installing the Matris spring and spacer kit on the 1400 Touring this weekend while doing the 10,000 mile service. (yes I know. I do the services at 5000 miles, 'cause i'm old and its easier to remember)
For what it's worth, the forks come out of the triple tees with just a bit of coaxing. You DO NOT have to remove the shields or the upper or lower clamp.
Also the top cap unscrews from the tube easily as well. Note: in the absence of the correct metric wrench for the top cap...a 15/16 std. works perfectly.
Once I got the cap loose and slid the tube down a bit, i poured, what I expected to be slightly dirty fork oil into the drain pan. That is not what came out of the left fork... It looked like "black water", yeah the kind that comes out of a trailer holding tank. It was watery thin and very deep grey in color.
The right side still had some of the blue color of the original oil left and the viscosity was much closer to what I would have expected.
Here's the question...Is one of these forks set up to handle compression damping and the other set up for rebound damping? That might explain the completely trashed oil in the left fork if that is the one that handles compression damping.
Also, might want to change and upgrade your own fork oil given the above results....just sayin'
Kirk
For what it's worth, the forks come out of the triple tees with just a bit of coaxing. You DO NOT have to remove the shields or the upper or lower clamp.
Also the top cap unscrews from the tube easily as well. Note: in the absence of the correct metric wrench for the top cap...a 15/16 std. works perfectly.
Once I got the cap loose and slid the tube down a bit, i poured, what I expected to be slightly dirty fork oil into the drain pan. That is not what came out of the left fork... It looked like "black water", yeah the kind that comes out of a trailer holding tank. It was watery thin and very deep grey in color.
The right side still had some of the blue color of the original oil left and the viscosity was much closer to what I would have expected.
Here's the question...Is one of these forks set up to handle compression damping and the other set up for rebound damping? That might explain the completely trashed oil in the left fork if that is the one that handles compression damping.
Also, might want to change and upgrade your own fork oil given the above results....just sayin'
Kirk