A lot of stuff turned up with the postman yesterday, so I got cracking last night.
Forks were seen to first, new oil and seals with a full strip and inspect. Luckily the bushes were in good condition and the forks seemed as though they had not long been serviced.
One of the stanchions was perfect with no pitting or marks, the other had a few bits on the inside of the leg.
So I took the sharpness out of the imperfections with some 2000 grit wet and dry used with some WD40, then polished up with autosol to remove the tiny scratches put in.
Fitting the new seals I taped up the top of the stanchion where the top bush sits to avoid catching the seals on the sharp edges.
Then put in the 424ml of oil into each leg with a syringe to make sure it was accurate.
Put the forks back together and left torquing the top nut until I put them back in the frame.
Next was valve shim replacement time.
No major dramas here as the engine was out on it's own. However I did manage to drop a shim down the camchain tunnel when changing the furthest right exhaust shim. So I taped a small strong magnet to the end of my longest thinnest screwdriver and retrieved the blighter from the small shelf it had settled itself on.
After that debacle I plonked the frame back on and torqued up the mounting bolts.
After some fiddling about with a trolley jack, some bricks and a bit of brute force I manged to get the frame back onto stands fairly easily on my own. Mostly due to the near perfect height the engine was sat at on the stand.
Then I stormed ahead and fitted the forks, torqued the top nuts and slotted the swinger in. However whilst writing this I realise that I should have put the chain in first before the swinger, so that'll have to come out yet again...
Last thing was to fit new throttle cables as the old ones were proper buggered and stick the clip-ons back on.
Job list tonight starts with an oil change and getting that chain on....
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