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Old 10-18-2009, 10:22 AM
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Well if I was you, I´d follow the instructions in the service manual. If you tell me which model and model year bike you have, I will see if I have the workshop manual and email the pages you need to you.

But then, it´s pretty straight forward. All you need to do is uninstall the front wheel, calipers and take out the fork legs. Then loosen the upper triple clamp and remove the headstock bearing nut (the soft aluminum thing with the holes in it in the middle of the upper clamp). You can pull out the forks along with the lower triple clamp to the bottom then. Hook up the new triples, lower first with the headstock nut installed so it won´t fall out. Install the fork legs, then upper triple, make sure they´re aligned properly. Then take the chain spanner tool and move the eccentric around. Make sure to loosen the lock nut before you try to turn it Through the lock nut´s hole, you can see when the eccentric is in the proper position. Tighten it up again and after all the installation of fork legs, handle bars, do not forget to tighten the headstock bearing properly. I think I tried 60nm, which was a bit on the loose side. You´re going to get a little clicking noise and feel when braking. Then it´s too loose

Hope that helps. It´s pretty mich straight forward. Oh and I am running a 96 links chain, 2 more than stock with 14-38 gearing. That allows the rear eccentric to be at a 4 o´clock position. You´d have some room for adjustment and you´ll be running a longer wheelbase, which is quite good.

Please report back after you have installed them. I did 2 track days and 1 endurance race with the triples and think they´re quite good. Not that it would make that huuuuuge difference that everyone kept bragging about, but it certainly helps a little bit. I could write more about the experience, but don´t want to hijack your thread
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