CoconutPete
1979 XS650 Special
Since I have 2 bikes in the stable now I decided to go back to a more traditional "tracker" look for Miesha (79' Special) since Smurfette will be the "low" bike.
This involved some front end surgery and a swapping of the top triple clamp.
When I yanked the rubber covers off the top of the fork legs, one was moist with fluid on the inside. One was bone dry.
Funny thing is - one is a little "oval" from I think someone overtorquing it at some point. That was the dry one. The "wet" one was un-mangled.
Condition of the o-rings on the 2 are identical. Fluid level in the fork tubes was identical when I filled them. The tops of the fork tubes were torqued identially.
Has anyone else experienced this? I suppose the nature of the preload spring and screw doesn't necessarily make for an air tight seal and I could have just gotten "unlucky" with a bump? Maybe?
This involved some front end surgery and a swapping of the top triple clamp.
When I yanked the rubber covers off the top of the fork legs, one was moist with fluid on the inside. One was bone dry.
Funny thing is - one is a little "oval" from I think someone overtorquing it at some point. That was the dry one. The "wet" one was un-mangled.
Condition of the o-rings on the 2 are identical. Fluid level in the fork tubes was identical when I filled them. The tops of the fork tubes were torqued identially.
Has anyone else experienced this? I suppose the nature of the preload spring and screw doesn't necessarily make for an air tight seal and I could have just gotten "unlucky" with a bump? Maybe?