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Hello again All you lovely mechanically minded helpful peeps out there...

Now Leroys' fork seals are bolloxed, and there's fork oil pissing out everywhere..

If I manage to get hold of new seals, I was wondering if one of you guys might be willing to fit them... soonish...

Oh yeh...And his chain needs replacing...

Funky reckons his bike is cursed, This bleeding bike is going to give me a heart attack...


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I think you need a special tool to fix a fork seal, not sure. Though I think it actually costs less to strip down the fork and take it to a garage rather than buy the tool! Though i expect Andrew probably has the tool or knows how to do it without!

no special tools needed


you just need to know what your doing !


I wish I could help but I am a bit busy at the mo

AGE996 wrote: you just need to know what your doing !

Oh right then...

Thanx for that Age...

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is it usd forks bud bud ?? or rwu if rwu changing the seals aint too badd if usd strip and take to garage !!! (thats my opninion )

Yep, USD forks...

Me, strip a front end...I can put fuel in, and use the indicators...

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SRAD-NICK wrote:Me, strip a front end...I can put fuel in, and use the indicators...

glad i'm not the only mechanically-challenged person here - but i've got the excuse of being blonde

No special tools required, rwu and usd both the same really.

I'll send you a pm nick.

Like Andrew says, no special tools, I've done a couple myself, would do yours if I lived a little closer. Just make sure you measure out the oil correctly and dont just guess.. if you decide to do them yourself

Andrew what did you think it was that was stopping my bike from starting sometimes? Because i know the battery is good, did you think it was just a loose connection or something? cheers bud

yeah most probably a dodgy wirein the starter circuit (thats what i found with Jaks bike) or possibly your starter relay is on its last legs (thats what happened to blubirds bike)

First thing is to check the wiring for any obvious problems, ideally you want to be able to read the haynes wiring diagrams and have a multimeter to test continuity of wires.

If you can't find anything then the best bet is to replace your starter relay and see if that fixes the problem - but i'd check the wiring very carefully first and try to find a second hand relay as they can cot quite a bit brand new.

forgot to mention mate if u want me to take a look at it give me a call and we'll try to arrange something (could also look at your front wheel noise, and suspension while i'm at it)