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Re: '97 Vmax for sale Sold

Selling my 97 Vmax. 36,600 miles, clean, well maintained and always ran with synthetic motor and rear gear oil. It has detailed records and runs great with lots of tweaks famous here. Includes 2 liters Silkolene RSF Synthetic Fork Oil 15w, the original seat, an OEM shop manual, and a motorcycle...

I'll follow your advice. Thank you. Speaking of keeping the bugs off, I'll have to clean them more often, I guess. Any idea if I could mount the fork guards from later model Vmaxes onto my '97? Are there other options for protecting the forks?

Only 20k miles. I'll skip the bushings then. They don't seem to show any wear, but I was reluctant to ignore the service manual. No seal driver - thanks for the offer. I'll send you a PM to discuss. Regarding Silkolene, I see lots of places that sell it online. Any recommendations on the...

I?m in the process of replacing leaking fork seals on my ?97. Everyone?s advice to use an impact wrench worked well. I?ve read what I can and it seems that most people are simply replacing the oil seals. But, the on-line service manual (under VMF Links) says the following on pg. 6-31: If you...