Forks!

In order to accomodate Mr. Sheppard's dentist appointment, the Cafe group met a day early to finish off the front forks.

 The first step was properly cleaning out the fork tubes... some varsol and compressed air took care of the old oil and gunk still remaining in the forks.  It was a bit stubborn.

Next was the internal components themselves.  Springs, spacers, bolts, shims, pistons, etc.... all were cleaned and inspected.  The good news is, all were in decent shape, and could be reused.

Ready to be re-installed.

Next the boys attacked the fork bottoms again, using wet sanding, and scotchbrite pads.

Once complete, the fork oil was measured out and added to each fork leg (after some time sussing out the reassembly steps).

Once together (with new seals, of course) the forks were test-fit back into the triple clamps.  The retro boots were left over from the XS650 project, and fit these forks a bit better.

As always, the pics don't do it justice, but the forks look far better than they did.  Another few hours may have resulted in  a better sheen, but the bike is meant to be ridden, so we'll leave it as is.