Dropping the Forks

swooshdave · Jul 17, 2019

Everyone has their own way of doing this. Here's mine.

Ron L · Jul 17, 2019

Two caliper bolts, four fender nuts, and the spindle and you can pull that wheel out of the way and work with one leg at a time. Seems simpler than hanging it and working on a swinging frame and struggling with lifting both legs and the wheel. But, as you say, everyone has their own way.

jbruney · Jul 17, 2019

I'm different also. I pull out the bike jack I jacked from my BIL a while back. No one works on newer Goldwings anyway. They take them to the shops.
I work by whichever method/procedure I'm comfortable with, which generally is one that allows remembering what goes where if I've not done it before. It may to the casual bystander appear senseless and unorganized though, but makes sense to me....I hope.

gortnipper · Jul 17, 2019

You can also turn the bike around on the lift, put on center stand, push rear wheel down into the wheel clamp and then the front end stays up. If you need more clearance, use tie downs to pull the frame down into the shocks. Either way, the bike is pretty stable and doesnt swing around.

drones76 · Jul 17, 2019

By the way, go ahead and buy an electronic speedo/tach. I got tired of the rear gear failing on the speedo and the oil leak on the tach. I got the Legendary model. Love it. I will say get some resistor caps. I blew the first one up.

norton73 · Jul 17, 2019

Looks like you have the Harbor Freight lift. I put the bike in backwards, put it up on the centerstand, and tie the backend down. The HF lift has a removable panel. I use the opening to give me room to work with the front end.

swooshdave · Jul 17, 2019

Since the bike was already on the lift it was just one strap to an existing hook in the beam and let the lift down. At least that was the theory.

Dropping the Forks

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