04-20-2006, 12:59 PM
New steering head bearings put in last night 
Overall not a hard job - remove front wheel, brakes, fender, forks, ignition, pull the steering head out, clean everything, grease the new bearings and put 'em in. The snag I ran into, is that there is an air duct that is right below the steering stem - so it has to be removed. And to remove it, you get to remove the airbox and the radiator. Pain in the ass.
Overall not a hard job - remove front wheel, brakes, fender, forks, ignition, pull the steering head out, clean everything, grease the new bearings and put 'em in. The snag I ran into, is that there is an air duct that is right below the steering stem - so it has to be removed. And to remove it, you get to remove the airbox and the radiator. Pain in the ass.