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Old November 21st, 2019, 09:57 PM   #11
nocturncal
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Name: Cal
Location: San Francisco
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Motorcycle(s): '09 Ninja 250R

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Update,

I ended up fully servicing the front end. Swapped the ball bearings for tapered roller bearings, new bushings, replaced fork oil with Motul 10W at the stock 140mm length from top of fork, and replaced fork seals with new all balls. I kept the stock springs and measured them, they were within service limits. Holy moly the bike feels so much more plush riding in the city. Steering feels significantly improved. My front end wobble at higher speeds is completely gone.

After the service I used zip ties to measure fork travel and I've got about a 10mm of travel left. The grease at the top of the steering column was completely shot, the grease underneath didn't look too bad
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