I am installing new forks and was wondering if yall had any tips or anyone knows corretly how to do it. I also have to put on new oil seals. I am mechanically inclined, is this an easy task?

 

Its relatively straight forward but somewhat awkward, its going to take longer than you thought & your gunna loose some bark off the old hands 'n' fingers!! get a friend to help you, even if its only to hand you the tools, beers & stop you from going ape**** with a hammer on your bike when you realise that it would be so much easier if you could grow a 3rd arm, you will also come to the conclusion that Japanese engineers never got over loosing the war & have taken their revenge on us, like making the simple matter of reinserting the springs & replacing the the top nut (& tightning it) almost impossible, except for, 1/Superman, 2/A guy with 3 arms. Remember the springs have to go back into the same tube & they have a correct way of going back in (top to bottom). From memory I think the denser coiled end goes in 1st (so it sits at the bottom of the tube). Good luck

 

Be sure to get a Clymer/Haynes manual if you don't already have one. Never went into the forks yet, but I have replaced forks on my bike. Just find a good strong rafter and hang some sturdy rachet straps from them to tie to your tripple or frame. Crank her up in the air and loosen everything affected and work out the old and slide in the new. Adjusting them will take time of trial and error by test riding it with the forks in and re-adjusting them accordinglly until they feel right.