Not to bring up old problems that have been resolved I will only discuss the new ones. Mind you at this point I am more distraught than this post is really going to sound. So I did my yearly get the bike out of hibernation service, change oil tighten things up check all the bolts ect.. Through this years process I found my front forks to especially soft, so probably need new seals right. In the process I put in some heavier fork springs because I have been hurting for those too. I take the forks down to my local (I hate them so much but no where else to go) dealership, and told them to rebuild the forks. I get a call saying that the titabium nitrate on the right fork is rubbing off and they can not gauruntee that they will not leek again. But they can not find any reason that it is worm so maybee a fluke. The fix was to be new lower fork leg at 550.00. Well I really can not afford that kind of loot so put the forks together new seals and hope for the best. I get the bike back togther Friday night, ride around the block and it was a whole new bike suspension wise. Rode to work Saturday and 60 miles after work saturday night. No problems. Rode to the bank this morning over an especially bumpy road and back before work. 2 hours later I go to jump on the bike to go to work and I notice a small puddle of oil under the fairings (2-3 dropps) no biggy I didn't have a strap wrench so probably justy a loose filter. Check the oil level and she is still good to go. Look forward and there is a big puddle of oil under the front tire. All over the caliper and rotor and on the fork tube...........crap.......So visions of thousands of dollar repairs come to mind as I sullunly get into my truck and go to work. So here I sit........miserable. I looked on ebay and I can buy whole new forks for 400.00 bucks (WTF!). Which has both a good and bad side to it. The good, with an extra set of forks around I can rip open my old and figure out how to rebuild myself, and if it turns out that it is just hap hazard work on the dealerships part I can always resell the new and get the majority of my money back which is still far cheaper than having the dealership take care of this. The bad is I really do not find myself in a postion to spend ANOTHER 400 bucks on forks this year. I do not know what to do. I am going to tear into her when I get out of work this evening and at least try to figure out the motor oil problem. I am not hopefull that my fork issue is going to end up positive.
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