Did, and done with the removal. Will install tomorrow.
Being a newbie to front stands, I had a difficult time raising the front without it wanting to push fwd. Had to watch a couple vids to make sure I had everything right. Finally figured it out. Probably a senior moment !!
That head pin hole in the triple tree is H U G E I took a deep dish socket and put it in the TT hole then put the largest pin the kit offered inside of the socket -to help with the slop.
Only one bonehead move and thankfully it didn't hurt anything, except my pride haha!
and oh my goodness there are a lot of wires from my mods to the light. What was I thinking!! Might be a good time to clean things up a bit, but space is tight under there.
no worries! I called the shop to see if I could reschedule. They said yes, but they're two weeks out, which sucks. Figured I'd man-up and get it done so I can ride this weekend
All the vids I watched the pin hole in the triple tree was pretty small. I had a cap on mine but like I said, it was huge compared to the largest pin in the kit.
Busted my arse and got the forks to the shop on time for my appointment. Got a phone call from the manager saying they ran into a snag. Seems their guy checked in my parts when UPS delivered it but they couldn't find it. It will now be finished next week. Was looking fwd to riding it today and tomorrow, but oh well. Stuff happens.
it's probably too late now, but I'm selling my fully built racetech forks, basically brand new with 900 miles on them. I'm just asking what ever the components cost and the install labours, the forks come with it free.
looking around the web for a good forum for this bike and .. well .. here i am. just bought a 2012 z1000, actually pick it up in the morning but cant wait. last bike was a 07 zx6r and i sold that over the winter. ive always rode a kawasaki, from dirtbikes to ATV's , few different ninja's from...
Not had to do the seals on the z yet but no problem when it needs it.... Stripped the forks on the rsv4 and the hyper.... Not that hard ... Having the special tools to hand before you start is a must... Like fork seal driving tools off the top of my head first...!
When I locked the front brake and pushed it made a not so good sound. Last time I rode it, it felt like I was fighting the steering. Like it was super stiff. Remember when it bout took my thumb off when I went over a smooth set of RR tracks? Thought I was going down. Maybe they were trying to tell me to fix'm! Help! haha!
4th gen has the Showa SFF-BP forks, so some special tool will be required to strip the forks, such as a 45mm 8-sided fork top socket, and the 35mm damping rod holding tool. The 3rd gen has standard 41mm USD's from Showa and that you can strip with just basic hand tools.
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