Fork leak?

[Boomer]

I just had new seals fitted to my 08. The chrome is mostly worn away at 75k miles which is pretty poor.
He polished them smooth and for now they are sealing.
I am thinking about replacing them with ZX14 forks as more options for upgrades as well as having separate compression and rebound damping adjustments.

[SVonhof]

Brought the Concours in yesterday and left it at the dealer. I hope it doesn't take 3 weeks like they said it might.

[SVonhof]

Got a call from the dealer today, they found that the front brake pads were soaked by the fork oil and the rear pads were at 20% remaining (original pads and I am at 45k miles). So, for another $100 they are going to get new pads on.

The bike should be done tomorrow or Friday.

[kzz1king]

[That's a great deal. Front pads alone are close to a 100.

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Got a call from the dealer today, they found that the front brake pads were soaked by the fork oil and the rear pads were at 20% remaining (original pads and I am at 45k miles). So, for another $100 they are going to get new pads on.

The bike should be done tomorrow or Friday.
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[SVonhof]

That's a great deal. Front pads alone are close to a 100.

Got a call from the dealer today, they found that the front brake pads were soaked by the fork oil and the rear pads were at 20% remaining (original pads and I am at 45k miles). So, for another $100 they are going to get new pads on.

The bike should be done tomorrow or Friday.

Likely because the forks are off, which means they have easy access anyway.

[kzz1king]

They are easy either way. At any rate it's a great price and a good time to do it.

[SVonhof]

Got the bike back today. Most expensive wash the bike has had. ;-)

All good on the ride home though.

[maxtog]

Well, my lazy-ass has been using the Seal Doctor every now and then, when the small leaks re-occur.  Over the last few years, the frequency has increased.  So I can't play games anymore.  I am ready to surrender my bike to a local shop I trust to do the seal replacement correctly.  As always, they are weeks backlogged.  Anyway, I have the option of bringing in the parts, which would guarantee the bike isn't captive while waiting for parts, and correct parts are there.  Can someone verify I identified them correctly?

https://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/a/kaw/500b82b1f8700223e47996b2/front-fork

92049-1522 x 2
92093-1480 x 2

The descriptions seem wrong since both say "Seal" and "Fork Outer Tube".  I think the 92093 is the dust cover and the 92049 is the actual oil seal.  Right?  Is there anything else they are likely to need?

I do prefer factory parts on something like this, which carries significant risk/labor.  And I have ordered from Ron Ayers before.  Thanks

[VirginiaJim]

When I did mine some years back I took the forks off the bike and brought them to the Kwackers tech at a local Kwackers dealer.  Bear in mind that if you do that, break loose the top caps before you take the forks off the bike.  You might get it done quicker that way.

[maxtog]

I just don't have the energy or experience.  So Imma let'em do it all

[maxtog]

Can someone verify I identified them correctly?

Anyone?

[zrx mitch]

That is the correct part numbers.

[maxtog]

Thanks

Didn't want to miss anything.  I seem to have bad luck lately with ordering stuff.

[maxtog]

Well, my lazy-ass has been using the Seal Doctor every now and then, when the small leaks re-occur.  Over the last few years, the frequency has increased.  So I can't play games anymore.  I am ready to surrender my bike to a local shop I trust to do the seal replacement correctly.  As always, they are weeks backlogged. 

And they never got less busy.  So I kept riding and mopping up the leaks.
And the temps got cool and the leaking stopped again for months.
And the temps got warmer, and leaking started again, and my fuel starvation issue started, and they got less busy, so I finally took it in.

So at 65,758mi I finally have new fork seals/boots installed.  I will be more mindful of keeping that area clean.  Hopefully this will last a very long time.