Damn, something else to fix!

[wfooshee]

First I had a crash and another crash and had to replace plastic and gear, then I had a starter issue, then there was an oil leak, and now this **** starts up.

I'm now having to fix more than one whole thing a year on this POS motorsickle. Tired of it! Sick of it! I may actually have to miss a riding Saturday to do this work! :angry: :glare:

Anyway, I've apparently blown the seal on the right fork, probably on my little bridge ride this past Sunday, the only long (ish) ride I've had in weeks. I was afraid I had a brake problem because the caliper is just covered in goo, but as I looked around, the amount of goo on everything would have drained the reservoir, and it smells wrong, so it's not brake fluid. Look around some more, and when I get to the top of the fork all becomes clear. At least fork seals are cheaper than brake lines, if a bit more work to install.

 

[LAF]

I feel your pain a bit, sorta differently, kinda, err the damn POS anyway

 

[mdisher]

I would recommend crashing less.

 

[not2shabby]

Trade that turd on a Harley....and quit slammin' the front end down from 12 o'clocks! :lol:

Oh yeah...how's your brakes?!

 

[RadioHowie]

 

[Patriot]

bring it here and I'll show you how to fix it (got plenty pry bars & epoxy)

 

[dcarver]

No wonder you know so much about wrenching and techi things...

e x p e r i e n c e

:rofl:

 

[HotRodZilla]

Buy a GenII you dork!

 

[TomInPA]

Have fun! Order 2-each

METAL, SLIDE 2 (3) 4SV-23135-10-00 $5.52

METAL, SLIDE 1 (5) 4SV-23125-10-00 $5.88

SEAL, DUST (6) 4SV-23144-00-00 $5.34

OIL SEAL (7) 4SV-23145-01-00 $4.90

GUIDE, COVER UPPER (8) 4SV-23115-00-00 $2.11

CLIP, OIL SEAL (9) 4SV-23156-00-00 $0.62

GASKET (13) 90430-10171-00 $1.17

O-ring (19) 93210-40N50-00 2 $1.21

 

[wfooshee]

Oh yeah...how's your brakes?!

Brakes are fine. The left rotor is unlubricated.

 

[majicmaker]

Hey Walt!! Can you feel the LOVE!! :wub: :fan_1: It's like a kick in the Nads isn't it?

When are you going to do it. I'd like to Watch! Ummm Uhhhh Help!

 

[LDRydr]

Buy a GenII you dork!

 

[ionbeam]

It might be time to consider something like this:

the picture is a clickable link



No matter what, you are going to have to take the fork(s) off for fork oil maintenance. Let me tell ya, you really know how to blow a seal

 

[SkooterG]

Not only that, but you need to figure out what the hell is wrong with your fuel injection and why it is running so rich giving you such crappy fuel mileage.

Just notices what looks like a fork oil leak on my left fork today. I ordered a couple of those neat-o 'Seal Mates' that ionboy alludes to above. Time to see if it works!

 

[Patriot]

I just remembered in a galaxy far far away, somebody suggested spraying fork seals mating surfaces with silicone spray...supposedly lengthened the life of the seal somehow

 

[wfooshee]

Not only that, but you need to figure out what the hell is wrong with your fuel injection and why it is running so rich giving you such crappy fuel mileage.

Just notices what looks like a fork oil leak on my left fork today. I ordered a couple of those neat-o 'Seal Mates' that ionboy alludes to above. Time to see if it works!

The crappy mileage is not a new thing, and I have one plug that fouls (#4.) I regularly "rotate" my plugs, which cleans the fouled one in a good cylinder, and gives the bad cylinder a "new" plug for a while.

I think I have a sticky injector, but they're just too damned expensive to get one just to see. I keep saying that next time I'm under the tank I'll move some injector around and see if the problem follows it, but I never remember it when I'm there. About an hour after I bolt the tank down, I'm like, "****!!! I meant to move the injector around!!!"

Some people write things down and work from lists. I don't know why.

 

[MrTwisty]

Not only that, but you need to figure out what the hell is wrong with your fuel injection and why it is running so rich giving you such crappy fuel mileage.

Just notices what looks like a fork oil leak on my left fork today. I ordered a couple of those neat-o 'Seal Mates' that ionboy alludes to above. Time to see if it works!

Seal Mates work if the leak is due to a little trash between the seal and the fork tube, but a piece of plastic cut in the same shape from a 2 liter bottle or similar thin plastic is free and works just as well. Remember to slide the dust shield up out of the way.

 

[FJRBluesman]

I'd sell the POS.

I bet pgrhodes1 put you up to this.

 

[wfooshee]

I bet pgrhodes1 put you up to this.

:rofl: