How much grease do they hold?
I put about 5 pumps from my grease gun, is that enough?

 

you should just start to see grease being pushed out at the bottom of the neck- not too much or you'll be wiping off your fender after hot days!

Mike

 

This is somewhat of a screwed up (messy) way of greasing these bearings. The only (easy) way to properly grease the TOP bearing is to fill the neck. Unless you completely tear down the fairing, and handlebar assembly to remove the trees, and access the top, neck bearing.

Filling the neck until a little grease oozes out of the bearings, will insure it gets properly lubed. Anything less will leave the bearings dry, especially the top bearing.

 

Do the '14's have a grease fitting? Or are they sealed?

 

I put 20 pumps in my neck and didn't see any come out. Going to ride it. And put a few more in, till I see it coming out.

 

takes about a half of tube. keep pumping until it comes out the top and bottom.

 

Does the factory ship the new ones dry?

 

Neck comes empty from mc. I put half a gun in there the very first time when I got the bike in 09.

 

Ever any issues with grease leaking down to the fender on hot days when you fill them up like that?

 

Two much is better than too little I guess, but when I was at the Company garage I thought I'd use the pressurized grease gun they use on the big trucks.

Now I don't know exactly how much came out of that thing, but I've been cleaning thick heavy grease off the lower triple tree for about a year now....