Front Fork - Installation

Warning - General - Stabilise Motorcycle

warning
Make sure the motorcycle is stabilised and adequately supported.A correctly supported motorcycle will help prevent it from falling.An unstable motorcycle may fall, causing injury to the operator or damage to the motorcycle.

Fork Install LG1; LGX

  1. Install the forks into the yokes, refitting the direction indicator brackets in between the two yokes, and make sure the manufacturer's labels are facing outwards on each fork leg.
  2. Position the forks within the yokes so that the lip of the outer tube, not the top cap, is 39.50 mm +/- 0.5 mm above the flat/machined surface on the underside of the upper yoke.
    3. Fork setting dimension LG1 (ckwk)

    Fork pull through measurement

  3. Tighten the lower yoke pinch bolts as follows:
    4. * tighten the upper bolt to 22 Nm
    * tighten the lower bolt to 22 Nm
    * re-tighten the upper bolt to 22 Nm.
  4. Tighten the upper yoke pinch bolts, upper fixings first, to 26 Nm.
    5. caution
    Before tightening, cover the fork top cap with a suitable masking tape to protect its anodized finish from becoming damaged by the tool.
  5. If the forks have been dismantled, tighten the fork top caps to 35 Nm.

Perform the following operations

Perform the following operations:

Front Mudguard - Install L Series

Front Wheel - Install L Series

Front Direction Indicators - Install L Series

Battery - Install L Series

Seat - Install L Series

Sidestand (Unordered list)

  • Lower the motorcycle to the ground and park it on the side stand.