quick tip for leaking forks ,
If your ever out and find that your fork seals are weeping or leaking , take a 35mm negative strip ( for those of us that still remember film ) and slid it up under the dust boot and slide it around a couple times
this should get you home
it's not a permanent fix but will tide you over till you can get new seals installed

 

I was scared of doing the fork seals on my bike as well.

But the Haynes manual takes you through it all step by step, all you have to do is follow each stage in sequence and then re-assemble in reverse order. Easy-peasy Japan-eesy

We're all here to help and as you said, you've managed the carb-sync and valve adjustments. The fork seals are really no more difficult than them.

Here's a couple of videos that I found that will give you an idea of what's involved, it's for upside down forks but the process is almost the same.

 

Great hawkwind, thanks for the links and a helping hand

Might come in handy, but for now my bike is at the workshop again.
Not so fund of that but at least they made a quick decision and went
for the "real deal" with proper parts, complete with dust seals.

Btw, they used 10w fork oil so I suppose it's neither thin nor thick oil
but in between?

Anyhow, I have a feeling this isn't over yet so as long as it's possible, I will
avoid getting my bike to ANY workshop in the future..

 

Ten weight is good man, hopefully they get them right the second time around
maybe they'll be looking at Hawkwinds Video Links

 

Hurraay! My bike is back from the workshop and this time they did
it right. No leaking whatsoever, not even a hint of oil to be seen.

They explain it with the seals they ordered must have been mislabeled or
something.. there were even looseness in them hm... Well I'm so happy that
everything is sorted out now and I will bookmark this page for the next time

Thanks a lot again guys, for all your tips and support hope it can be helpful for others as well.

 

Great news Hojen!

Still think they should never have done the job so badly first of all, they knew it was a bad job, but gave you some bull excuse to fob you off!

Then there's the hassle of the MOT failure ect.

Still, all's well that ends well

Take her out and give her a good thrashing to celebrate if the weather's up to it

 

Good to hear

 

Excellent. Glad it worked out.

 

Thanks guys, yeah that was very relieving

You're absolutely right, one reason I'm relieved and not so mad is that they told me when I left my bike
there that they would go through my fork legs very, very carefully...! Imagine what I was thinking then after
hearing all kinds of strange excuses... - something is wrong with your fork legs and we have to replace them - ..

I had only one thing in my mind when I went to that shop, getting my bike the **** outta there as quickly as I could lol.

 

Relief all round!

If a garage was unable to do a relatively (for them, at least) easy job like replacing a set of fork seals, I wouldn't be using them again. There was a bike shop within easy (5 min) walking distance from my house I took my old GPz900R to, to have a new exhaust fitted, and their "mechanic" didn't bother reconnecting the hoses to the water pump properly - ten minutes and a few miles later, I'd dumped all the coolant down the back tire. After they fixed the mistake, it was the last time I ever set foot in there, and I told them why...

Good luck finding a better place to look after your bike, Hojen!

Dave.