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Motorcycle Riders Gift Buying Guide

Do you have a motorcyclist in your family? Wondering what to get them this year for Christmas? This is a gift buying guide with some ideas for you. Gear is always a good idea. Just like clothes, I don't think you could ever have enough apparel.

You could start with safety combined with a gift by purchasing just the right helmet. You can purchase all different sorts of helmets. The various helmet styles include, full face motorcycle helmets, half motorcycle helmets, German motorcycle helmets, beanie motorcycle helmets, even motocross motorcycle helmets. With cool looking decals or graphics painted in just the right color, there is a great motorcycle helmet for anyone. Stylish protective eye wear is an idea too. Getting the right pair of sunglasses or motorcycle goggles for your loved one is a good choice. They come in a variety of shapes and colors, and the lenses are sometimes tinted yellow. The yellow tint has been proven to help reduce glare, and help improve vision at night.

A warm leather motorcycle jacket to keep the wind out is another gift, and one they can use all year long, not just in the summer. There are many styles to choose from when purchasing a leather motorcycle jacket. Denim motorcycle jackets are popular as well, although not worn in colder climates much. A decent pair of leather motorcycle chaps for the long ride home is a great gift for any motorcycle rider. These will go well with just about any other motorcycle apparel, and can be a great addition to any motorcycle riders wardrobe. Leather motorcycle boots and full fingered or half fingered motorcycle gloves made with leather and other materials are a great addition to the motorcycle leather jacket and motorcycle apparel that you buy them for a gift for Christmas.

Do they live in an area that receives a lot of rain annually? A set of rain gear to help protect all of that leather would be great as well. The most damaging effect to leather is rain, and with the right motorcycle rain gear, you can help protect their Christmas gift and your investment for many years to come.

If the motorcycle rider that you are buying a gift for is not in need of motorcycle clothing, then some gear for their motorcycle would be awesome. There are many different things you can get to add life to a motorcycle, without ever having to break the bank. The motorcycle canvas cover is a good choice, as is the motorcycle cable and lock system. Then there is the luggage systems available that make the storage and cargo area of a motorcycle morn than double, The most common type of system are referred to as motorcycle saddle bags. You can also get motorcycle tool bags that mount right to the handle bars, and a motorcycle sissy bar rack pack for storing bigger items.

No matter what type of motorcycle gear you buy as a gift for the motorcycle riders in your life, you can't go wrong if you just snoop a little and do some investigating before you buy.

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How do you install a fork seal on a Buell Cyclone Motorcycle?

I have removed the fork but need to know how to install the seal and re-install the fork on the motorcycle & do I need a special tool?

Fork seals are ALWAYS replaced in pairs. So while the bike is laid up do the other fork-even though it ain't leaking at this point, it will and soon.

Next, the service manual tells you exactly what tools and how to do this job. without having the bike here in my shop I can only give guidelines, which are applicable to every bike out there.
1)remove front wheel, fender, brakes and the fork tubes one at a time from the triple tree
2)just before removing the fork tubes, remove the caps at the top of the forks. now loosen the fork pinch bolts and remove the forks one at a time from the triple tree

3)after removing the fork spring and any other spacers, carefully drain the fork oil from the fork into a suitable container.

4)there is usually a bolt that is holding the slider in the fork. Access to this bolt is usually at the bottom of the fork. You may need to have either a special tool or fabricate something to hold the fork internals from turning when you take the special hex socket to remove the bolt with.
4a) remove the dust cap, the internal c clip with a pair of internal clip pliers, the spacer and anything else that is holding the seal in place.
5)place fork slider in a bench vice that has the clamping devise well padded, so as not to scratch, nick or ding the fork parts. Now rapidly push and pull the tube assembly in and out-REALLY HARD This is liable to take a few minutes of really hard pulling and rapid pushing in and pulling again to dislodge the seal. Resist the urge to "dig it out" with anything, as chances are you will scratch your fork tube and then have to replace it.

Installation is the reverse of removal. Make sure you got the order correct on the seal, the spacer, the c clip and such and then make sure you line up and bolt down tight the slider tube internals, using locktite to hold the bolt in place from the bottom.

Most manuals will tell you to use a certain weight oil for the forks. I personally always give my customers the option to do that but find most opt for AutoTrans Fluid (with seal Swell). It is way cheaper than the itty bitty bottles of "fork oil" and provides a stiffer more even handling. ATF was the standard fluid for years before all the "designer oils" hit the market with their "designer prices".

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