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Front forks removal, simplest method

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florence:
The fork gaiters on my bike have perished badly and need to be replaced.  I want to make the job as simple as possible or it will have to wait until a spell of bad weather during the winter.

The bike naturally sits on the front wheel when on the centre stand.  What methods do we use to keep the front end up in the air to remove the forks as quickly and simply as possible?  Also, will the forks drop through the yokes without disconnecting the brake pipe? I imagine I can leave on the mudguard? 

Last time I did this was in 1995, I was putting the bike together so it was without an engine and all the parts were going on in order. 

Bryanj:
Depends on which forks you have mate, yes to leaving the mudguard on but also yes to removing caliper and swinging pipe out of way.

Undo a top nut and if there is a bar threaded into it with a lock nut you can undo these and the alloy sliders will fall off as long as you have the bike high enough.

If not you will have to remove the forks from the yokes so i would recomend removing the mudguard and doing one at a time so that the headlamp brackets and rubbers don't fall every where.

Hope that makes sense

florence:
Thanks Bryan, that's a good idea. 

mike the bike:
You can either put a jack under the front of the engine or put a weight on the back of the seat.  I prefer the jack method.

tom400f:
Lol Mike - I put weights on the back of my seat when working on the (back in the day) 400F once. Managed to tip the balance and said weights did something for the tank  ::)

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