Maintenance - schedule or whenever?

[marko138]

My forks will be done on schedule. Leaking or not.

[tached1000rr]

An evil chopper like you had Gasman would eat its children!

Sportbikes are just not that evil.)

Case in point, Jared has what 177,000 miles last I know of, ask how many times his forks or fork seals have been replaced over the course of those miles. He had just had them rebuilt roughly a month before his unfortunate accident.

[Gas Man]

That is true and a good point tach. But honestly I'm just explaining the works of it all. I can post pics of bushings off my 9R later when on my pc.

[Cutty72]

What is this maintenance you speak of?

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Honestly... that is your stand on forks. Better recheck it.

The reason you tear into a fork that is not leaking is... well actually 2 reasons.

1. To prevent from leaking, as stated.
2. To put in new bushings. At which point you have to pull apart forks anyway, and only a moron would use old parts like seals then.

Don't replace the bushings... well that's not so smart. The bushing is what the leg rides against in the fork lower. Once it wears off its brass its done and will start to eat away the fork lower. Not good. That is why you service your forks before they start leaking.

My thoughts exactly, but as tached proved, we don't all think the same way. That is why I posted this thread to see what kind of answers I would get.

My forks have bushings but if they need replaced then I will be replacing the entire fork body as they are non-replaceable on their own. Erik's are the same way. Parts guy even called Kayaba to see if they sold something. Nope. So just seals for us, but I guess you could inspect the bushing at that time.

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

Case in point, Jared has what 177,000 miles last I know of, ask how many times his forks or fork seals have been replaced over the course of those miles. He had just had them rebuilt roughly a month before his unfortunate accident.

Calm down. As I mentioned above we each do things differently and I wanted to see what others had to say. Neither way is right or wrong, just our way.

[tached1000rr]

Racedoll, did my response sound like I was upset? If so, let me clarify that I was not.

[Dave]

eh, i fix things when the bike tells me too

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

Racedoll, did my response sound like I was upset? If so, let me clarify that I was not.

Not upset, but just kind of defensive. No reason to be. GM and I have different views than others, and that is perfectly OK.

[tached1000rr]

Originally Posted by racedoll

Not upset, but just kind of defensive. No reason to be. GM and I have different views than others, and that is perfectly OK.

I was not being defensive or perhaps should say not my intent and Gasman agreed with me regarding the different forces at play on his chopper vs the sportbike which is what the whole Jared's bike example was about.

Gasman, post of a pic of the 9R bushing when you can, and how many miles did it have on it?

Racedoll, just curious if you asked Mike if he saw any wear while he was inside that fork?

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

I was not being defensive or perhaps should say not my intent and Gasman agreed with me regarding the different forces at play on his chopper vs the sportbike which is what the whole Jared's bike example was about.

Gasman, post of a pic of the 9R bushing when you can, and how many miles did it have on it?

Racedoll, just curious if you asked Mike if he saw any wear while he was inside that fork?

OK.

Mike never said a word about my internals so they are good. He would have definitely said something if it wasn't right. He is very picky and meticulous, it is why we take our stuff to him.