Lowering Front end, wheels, etc
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Lowering Front end, wheels, etc
I just ordered a 18/21 combo Forge Tec wheels, chrome lower forks and 1" lowering kit for front end. Any advise before I tackle this project? I know I need to lift the front fender slightly by "ovaling" out the front fender rear hole, but my main concern is lowering springs. Do I need to take off more than just front fairing? Thanks for any advice!
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you will have to pull the inner fairing too. It is a lot easiet than you think. You will have to drop the forks as well. Inner fairing drop... pull the radio, fairing cap and the inner is self explanitory. The hardest part is pulling the ignition. There is a great thread on that.
dropping the forks is not too hard either. I just pulled the fork caps and loosened the pinch bolts (with the bike on the lift and just touching the ground). once everything is loose, jack the bike up slowly ans slide the tubes down the the pinch bolts and temp tighten. That will give you just enough room to get the top off the fork uppers. Be careful of the tension but is do-able. I have done 4-5 like this w/o any issue.
dropping the forks is not too hard either. I just pulled the fork caps and loosened the pinch bolts (with the bike on the lift and just touching the ground). once everything is loose, jack the bike up slowly ans slide the tubes down the the pinch bolts and temp tighten. That will give you just enough room to get the top off the fork uppers. Be careful of the tension but is do-able. I have done 4-5 like this w/o any issue.
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you will have to pull the inner fairing too. It is a lot easiet than you think. You will have to drop the forks as well. Inner fairing drop... pull the radio, fairing cap and the inner is self explanitory. The hardest part is pulling the ignition. There is a great thread on that.
dropping the forks is not too hard either. I just pulled the fork caps and loosened the pinch bolts (with the bike on the lift and just touching the ground). once everything is loose, jack the bike up slowly ans slide the tubes down the the pinch bolts and temp tighten. That will give you just enough room to get the top off the fork uppers. Be careful of the tension but is do-able. I have done 4-5 like this w/o any issue.
dropping the forks is not too hard either. I just pulled the fork caps and loosened the pinch bolts (with the bike on the lift and just touching the ground). once everything is loose, jack the bike up slowly ans slide the tubes down the the pinch bolts and temp tighten. That will give you just enough room to get the top off the fork uppers. Be careful of the tension but is do-able. I have done 4-5 like this w/o any issue.
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you will have to pull the inner fairing too. It is a lot easiet than you think. You will have to drop the forks as well. Inner fairing drop... pull the radio, fairing cap and the inner is self explanitory. The hardest part is pulling the ignition. There is a great thread on that.
dropping the forks is not too hard either. I just pulled the fork caps and loosened the pinch bolts (with the bike on the lift and just touching the ground). once everything is loose, jack the bike up slowly ans slide the tubes down the the pinch bolts and temp tighten. That will give you just enough room to get the top off the fork uppers. Be careful of the tension but is do-able. I have done 4-5 like this w/o any issue.
dropping the forks is not too hard either. I just pulled the fork caps and loosened the pinch bolts (with the bike on the lift and just touching the ground). once everything is loose, jack the bike up slowly ans slide the tubes down the the pinch bolts and temp tighten. That will give you just enough room to get the top off the fork uppers. Be careful of the tension but is do-able. I have done 4-5 like this w/o any issue.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to pull the outter OR inner fairing to remove the forks, Just the switch cap.
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I agree,I've replaced springs,fork seals,cow bells,lowerlegs and never had to removed inner or outer fairing to do it !!!
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oh man, I'm going to have to look into this one. I never even gave it a second look. I have always seen the techs remove fairing so just assumed it had to come off. HOT DAMN! I'm gonna look at that today. thanks