lol

 

Did you get a chance to tighten the bolt prior to your crash??
I wonder if you just tighten that fork-base allen head bolt often you should be good. I checked mine and the right fork was loose (3/4 turn) but the left was TIGHT.

 

that is a set screw to hold the fokr tube from getting loose the important part is that the fork tube is tight

 

+1
So the issue with 03-04 forks snapping is relatively fixed, long as you check them routinely.:YEAH

 

Mine broke before anyone knew to tighten them. After mine broke everyone found out they had to be tightened.

 

Ryan Is Our Crash Test Dummy

 

THATS ONE OF THEM FUNNY NOT FUNNY THINGS,,,, I WAS ON THE TRACK WHEN IT HAPPEND,,, THAT **** WAS BAD,,,,,,,,,,I DONT KNOW HOW THE BIKE DIDN'T CRUSH HIM

 

OH YEA,IT WAS A SERIOUS CRASH,BUT ITS ALL GOOD WE CAN ABOUT IT NOW.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM FLIP THAT STOPPIE AT FARMINGTON,BIKE MISSED HIS HEAD BY JUST INCHES..YEP IT WAS BAD

 

the one at SW look nasty

 

what part do you tighten? how? anyone have a link to the kleen air mod that explains it for retards? (me)

 

For the forks, you tighten the set screw. Its a allen head (kinda small) on the inside of the forks, at the bottom. To get to it EASILY, you need to take off the front rim. I noticed you can almost reach it without taking off the rim but it looks like a pain.

Shot at 2007-07-20

 

but you need to tighten the shinny tube into the part the set screw is in...

 

 

yeah I got a collection of bad wrecks.....

 

dont run aftermarket headers.i just replaced mine for stock and it runs great.

 

So what are you saying???
You have to loosen the set screw then twist the inner tube into the base - then tighten the set screw???

 

bingo^^^^,

if u wanna make sure u never have to tighten them again, un-screw them from the base, load em up with green lok-tite and waa laa

 

HERE IS A CLEANER PIC.TURN THIS SET SCREW OUT & TIGHTEN THE SLODER TUBE.I TRIED A STRAP WRENCH WITH NO LUCK SO I USED A THICK RUBBER STRAP AND A 16" PIPE WRENCH..

 

05/06/07 forks do not have this set screw because they are built by showa, 03/04 are built by shitty KYB..

 

So you gotta use alot of force to have it fully seat then tighten the set screw? Or can you just loosen the set screw, twist the inner into the sloder(is this right) tube, re-tighten set screw. You tried a strap wrenech with no luck of what??