Forking around

Took the forks off today to redo the seal on the left one. I decided to do everything on both, hopefully they'll never have to come off again once I reinstall them.

Bent my cheap scissors jack, hence the 2X4s holding the front up.

The right fork was pretty much ok, fluid was still reddish/purple HD type "E" colored. The right one however, had about 4 oz. of muddy, gooey slime in it, the result of the bike sitting outside so much. The rain water had gotten into the dust cap cover, then rotted out the dust cap, and finally rusting the spring out of the seal itself. The poor thing must've sat outside for a long time.

Anyway, I changed out the seals, dust caps, and fork oil in both, checking the springs, etc. along the way. I'm glad I bought that service manual off craig's for $20. Now they're reassembled and waiting for my next move. I started to sand them down to get the pits and what was left of the clear coat off them. I have to decide whether to polish them out or just paint them black. There's already a lot of black on the bike, and I heard you can have too much, but there's nothing darker so far.

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I also managed to get the tires mounted and balanced, but haven't got bearing seals or the sprocket spacer kit I ordered, so it'll be a little while yet before I take a ride on it. The wheels look tall with the tires on them.