500k2 Forks - Tips to make them work properly

[Bryanj]

It was way worse going to Plymouth monday night, i had to slow down on A38 cos i couldnt see where the road/river went

[Seabeowner]

Have two 500s. One very low mileage, the other I have a couple of sets of forks for. All clunk a bit when you hoist on centre stand.
Had the forks apart on the high mileage bike recently and also compared with the spare set. Of the four fork legs I found that the damping was uneven on two of them. Used the best two and seems better. The dampers are sealed and not made to service. Anyone had one apart, presumably there is nylon ring or the like inside that could be replaced or maybe the internal bore is worn/distorted?

[philward]

Have two 500s. One very low mileage, the other I have a couple of sets of forks for. All clunk a bit when you hoist on centre stand.
Had the forks apart on the high mileage bike recently and also compared with the spare set. Of the four fork legs I found that the damping was uneven on two of them. Used the best two and seems better. The dampers are sealed and not made to service. Anyone had one apart, presumably there is nylon ring or the like inside that could be replaced or maybe the internal bore is worn/distorted?

How does the 500 forks ride compared to your 550? I ask because the general export 500k2 seems to use a later (than the rod down the middle type) and could perhaps change internals (if possible - spent £200 having stanchians re-chromed so don't want to change whole forks) so that cartridges could be inserted to upgrade the ride to a more modern standard (which I'm looking into doing on my 750k2)