So, with all the evidence of poor treatment in the past I was certain oil in the forks is shot. Fork seals were not leaking so it will be just a change of fluids. Manual calls for 15oz of 5 weight in each, so I picked up a 33oz can of Maxima 5 weight fork oil. So lets see how this works out….
Made a classic rookie mistake of not loosening the caps before taking forks out of the triples. So first I had to put them back into triples so I can break the caps loose. Unfortunately I didn't have a deep socket and had to do use a wrench. Left some marks on the caps, but hell… it's a little scar, and chicks dig scars.
Didn't feel like working in cold garage, so it's kitchen time….. Thanksgiving dinner table full of win
Checked the forks for being out of round. And as suspected previously it's only triples that were damaged. Forks look good. No marks on chrome either.
Left fork was drained first. That is the side where lower triple is damaged. Fluid is very thick and gooey like. Strange, but whatever. Looks pretty dirty to me. Exactly 15oz came out. Mark was made on the cup just for reference.
Time to drain the right fork. Now this is where things got interesting!!!! Fluid is of much lower viscosity and pours out way more freely. Same 15 oz but of much different viscosity. This one puzzles me. I remember looking at fork caps and one looked virgin, and never opened. Other I wasn't 100% sure. It could of been very very carefully opened. So, why is there such a difference in fluids? Any thoughts of what could of happened here? Right fork fluid was a bit darker to.
For comparison that is what new fluid looks like.
Everything is put back together and last I wanted to record what damping settings previous owner was running. Surprisingly one is full hard 14 out of 14 clicks, and other is 12 out of 14. I put them both in the middle 7 out of 14 and will dial in when bike is operational.
I went to look for compression damping screw, and realized that there is none of that on Concours. Well, I can live without compression damping adjustment. Most likely would of just left it in the middle and forgot that it's there
Not sure what will be next, probably finishing up the valve job.
Cheers,