How to Remove Front Forks - 2001-17 Honda Gold Wing

[@tonytolbert7688]

I just hade my bike raked and spring done 6/18/2021on my 2006 Goldwing Trike I rode down a 181 miles to Traxxion dynamics to get work done . So after a VERD VERY QUICK 3 HOURS OR LESS I RODE BACK home 200 plus miles On a what felt like a NEW TRIKE . The mile Difference is because I took the long way Home did not want to get off the bike. Thanks MAX and the Crew at TRAXXION DYNAMICS

[@Traxxion]

Glad to hear it!!!

[@danthemaintenanceman]

Perfect, have a set coming your way!! Thank you!!

[@Traxxion]

Awesome!

[@daveogle8144]

Max you ROK! Great instructional tutoring! I followed along taking the forks off my 2001 gl1800... Great video! Thank you!

[@Traxxion]

Glad it helped!

[@Krusty-]

Nice video Max, everything looks easy when you got the proper tools in hand ;)

[@cyclechris6591]

Thanks. A lot easier than the 2018!

[@-C.T.-]

Hello Max. Thanks for the great videos on this. I had good success with taking my forks off and having them rebuilt with new seals/bushings due to the 15 year old OEM units leaking. My question here is have you reassembled one of these and found that the fork tubes wanted to level out slightly different from each other? I took great pains to get the top of the tubes exactly the same, right at the cap line, on both sides only to find that the forks were off considerably as far as axle alignment. To get the least resistance with no torque on the axle the right side tube had to be slightly higher up in the triple than the left (1/16" perhaps.) I tightened them down like that and the bike seems to ride fine now but I am a little worried that I may be out of alignment or something. I thought I read somewhere that equalizing the forks at the axle was the way to go and that moving the long fork up in the tree so that you had perfect axle alignment was the proper thing but now I'm second guessing. I appreciate your insight!

[@Traxxion]

You only set the forks by cap height, the axle doesn't matter. It's a silly myth started by a frame alignment company years ago.

[@n7hevn]

How dare you make this look so easy........ =)

[@Traxxion]

40 years experience....

[@simpsonkid100]

Thanks for the excellent video sir. All your info is on point ✌🏼🇨🇦

[@Traxxion]

Glad to help!

[@eduardogorrochotegui5181]

Thanks Mark. Very Instructive video! I will take this opportunity to ask you what is the anti dive fork valve for and if it is true that with a shim you will have a smoother front suspension when going thru road bumps? Thanks for your time!

[@Traxxion]

The anti dive system is just terrible. Disable it. It fails and stays stuck on, locking the left fork and making the bike very harsh over bumps.

[@eduardogorrochotegui5181]

@@Traxxion Thank you for your prompt response! I will shim it to see if it will gets disable. Appreciated!

[@glenburns4232]

Fast and to the point niiiiiiice!!!!

[@willieboy8798]

excellent mechanical demo.... tape the tire to disc and use an arrow to indicate forward ..... i would mark r and l fork tubes

[@Traxxion]

It's not possible to put the forks on the wrong side so that isn't necessary... and let's be honest... if you can't tell the right fork from the left fork, you shouldn't have a tool in your hand. The wheel, the tire, and the rotors all have arrows that point in the direction of rotation as well.

[@willieboy8798]

@@Traxxion i was a car and bike mechanic during college you would be surprised the work i saw done to service vehicles.... i also trained student it is not as crazy as it sounds....

[@Traxxion]

@@willieboy8798 I've been in the motorcycle service industry for 40 years... we receive parts from all over Earth. Nothing surprises me!

[@willieboy8798]

@@Traxxion so we can stop beating a dead horse ... some people would try ...yes they should be working on something...try to them that! i bought an old honda scooter it had knobs on it, he was trying to dirt bike a step through 180cc... lllooollll when i asked him why he was selling it so cheap ...he told me it bogs in the mud and wont hill climb ?????

[@willieboy8798]

@@Traxxion a guy brought in a cycle for a clutch. i looked at it with the service manager. the guy thought the phillips screws were rivets and tried to drill them out????? im surprised he knew which side of the motor the clutch was on. lol i did give him credit for finding the motor!

[@paulbickley658]

Nice, do you have one with front brakes removal without taken off front fender?

[@Traxxion]

No, haven't done a video like that.

[@pmgmotorcycles]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@Traxxion]

Thanks for watching!

[@Bass.Player]

Nice job, what is that blue tape/paint around all the tools for? That front tire is more peaked in the middle than any tire I have even seen, is it just the video that makes it look that way?

[@Traxxion]

We have tools color coded and bucketed. We have every tool to remove forks on 01-17 Wing in blue, steering head bearings in orange, rear shock in green. 2018+ Wing front shock yellow, rear shock red. We never search for tools and they are easily sorted when we are done. Since we do the same jobs over and over, the sockets are even taped to the extensions so that you don't even have to configure the tools to use them.

[@Bass.Player]

@@Traxxion Nice idea, I was a tech for over 35 years but was never doing repetitive work that used more than two or three wrenches and not repetitive enough to warrant any marking...

[@bgrides2108]

Nice video. Looking for a video showing how to adjust valves. I have a 2013 F6B.

[@Traxxion]

Thanks! I believe Fred Harmon's DVD video set covers valve adjustment. Check with him to verify.,

[@bgrides2108]

@@Traxxion Thanks

[@jeffshootsstuff]

Excellent video thanks.

[@Traxxion]

Glad it helped!

[@petrtanvald]

Super video 👍

[@paulbickley658]

Yep he is, I learn a lot for mine...

[@chriscaliente5033]

Your awesome Max.

[@1philpot]

Muffin tray great! Fastener organization a must if efficiency is a concern. Smart use of battery driver. Those fender extensions bad news all the way around. I didn’t get mine off the lift without shattering both b-fender and extension. What’s a couple hundred for a new fender?

[@Traxxion]

Those tabs are problematic even on bikes without the extension, but if you add the extension, you will definitely break the tabs over time.

[@joekamer7779]

How to Remove Front Forks - 2001-17 Honda Gold Wing do you have a tool list for the removal and putting back on I bought the progressive MONOTUBE CARTRIDGE KIT FOR GL1800 & F6B

[@Traxxion]

There's no special tools required. I don't have a list though. You will want to keep the tools handy, those monotubes are known to fail regularly.

[@joekamer7779]

@@Traxxion what do you recommend then i cannot afford your AK-20 AXXION CARTRIDGE KIT

[@Traxxion]

@@joekamer7779 Contact [e-mail] he can give your economical setup that works just fine!

[@tazrider1]

Awesome video!!!

[@williamwatson911]

can i replace the seals without taking the tubes off the bike that way I would not have to worry about the height?

[@Traxxion]

It's a terrible way to try and build the forks... and you'll be likely to damage the bike around the fork caps... you'll also have to take apart a lot more stuff around the dash panel. It's just not worth it to avoid loosening 6 bolts, and then being able to work on the fork in plain sight on a workbench.

[@scottvallie4495]

Easy peasy....

[@raykirchdorfer5452]

that was easy