So finally got round to changing the fork seals today , can't beleive how smoothly it went[sm=yikesomg.gif] Forks came out nice and easy , and went back in the same way too so feeling pretty smug now and saved myself about £200-£250 the old one's were completely Sha££ted , but surprisingly there was plenty of oil left in them.

Took it out for a short spin and it feels much better , now all I need is a new front tyre , the old one is a bit low and I just don't have any confidence in it when cornering in the wet[&:].

So next project is to fit my own tyre , just need to get the tyre levers , balancing gizmo and rig up something to break the bead on the old tyre

P.S. This is assuming I don't find the bike sitting in a pool of nice fresh fork oil tomorrow morning[sm=shootshoot.gif]

 

Fitting your own tyre can be a real pain, and even those of us who pride ourselves on 'doing it all' generally avoid that. You may damage the rim/paint, going the DIY route. It has been done -
Lots of stuff in these:
HOW TO VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=...mp;view=videos
Good news on the seals, Hawk - hope you used genuine Honda seals, or, sad to say, your new ones will leak shortly[X(][X(]
It's one area you must use genuine Honda parts - pattern part fork seals are rubbish, for the most part.

 

Here here.Not worth the hassle for all of $10 fitting. Also if it goes wrong you have some comeback.
On the fork seals though. Good to see you did it. Not hard hey. More should give it a go as it's basic, fairly simple & makes such a difference. Did you use the correct amount of oil or did you raise the level a touch to stiffen the front?

 

Kept everything standard Bluebeard and yes I used genuine Honda seals and dust caps , twice as much for the parts but they're not that expensive anyway . Don't want to have to kick myself up the **** , i tend to fall over doing that

 

Good thing on the fork seals, Hawk........
as for a kick up the ****...................
ask, and ye shall receive [X(] You haven't met Flogger, our resident Mr Plod, 6 foot fifteen and 700 pounds- I'll ask him to drop by and do a Jonny Wilkinson on yer butt !
(Then you don't have to fall over and feel like a right pilluck)
he he