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Old July 4th, 2023, 02:12 AM   #9
Norway
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Name: S n 0 r r £
Location: Stjoerdal, Norway (San Diego, CA, USA, 2015-2016 , Bielefeld, Nordrhein Westfalen,Germany 2021-'22)
Join Date: Sep 2012

Motorcycle(s): TMZ 5.952 "Tula" 200, Ninja 250 -Special ed. '11, ZZR 1400 (ZX14), Honda CB 1100 F Super Bol D'or

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Originally Posted by DannoXYZ View Post
Eh??? I did forks on my CBR600RR recently:

1. installed 0,85kg/mm springs, slightly lighter than stock
2. new oil and dust seals

Took all of 45-minutes. About 30-min to get bodywork off and back on. I did use power-tools to unzip allen-head bolt at bottom of forks initially. Saves tonne of time compared to doing it later with no spring-tension on bolt. I recall similar process for 250 forks when I did them couple years ago just before selling bike.

But 5-6 hours? Nah, they're scamming you! For 1st-time non-mechanic doing this, following step-by-step in manual, 2-hours max!

Interesting! Thanks for the info.
What happened this far is that I used the "classic" Seal Mate" tool on both fork legs, after having revceived some new ones in my mail.
I have been driving the Ninja 250 more than 100 kilometers since, and both fork legs seem to stay dry from oil. :-)
Few, if any products, have saved me as much money during my more than 40 years on and off 2 wheels, than this product: https://sealmate.net/products/seal-mate
It has cured the leaks on one of the Ninja 250 fork legs 3 times, and the other one once. (Happened at mileages between 30 and 40 000 kms, and recently, when approaching 67 000 kms / 42 k miles).

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