1 How often should you take your forks apart and clean them up inside? Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:08 pm
duck
Life time member
I decided that I should put some Showa forks on my K75 turbo instead of the S forks I had on hand when I renovated it. I already have a nice set of fork trees from a 93 that fit the Showa fork diameter so all I needed was a pair of forks.
I offered a Fleabay seller $140 shipped for a nice set of 94 Showa forks from a 48K K75 and the seller accepted my offer. I think $140 shipped is a good deal for a nice set of forks. (Although I now wish I'd offered $100 - LOL.) I pulled one of the forks caps off to see what springs they have and they've got the stock progressive springs and spacers in them.
The seals aren't leaking, the fork tubes are perfect and, from their general appearance, they seem to have come from a well-cared for, always garaged bike.
Given their overall condition, I'm tempted to just drain them, refill them with some new Honda 10W, install therm and then see how they ride....
I offered a Fleabay seller $140 shipped for a nice set of 94 Showa forks from a 48K K75 and the seller accepted my offer. I think $140 shipped is a good deal for a nice set of forks. (Although I now wish I'd offered $100 - LOL.) I pulled one of the forks caps off to see what springs they have and they've got the stock progressive springs and spacers in them.
The seals aren't leaking, the fork tubes are perfect and, from their general appearance, they seem to have come from a well-cared for, always garaged bike.
Given their overall condition, I'm tempted to just drain them, refill them with some new Honda 10W, install therm and then see how they ride....
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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT