fork seals

Hello, My more experienced motorcyclist friend tells me the forums are the "cool place" to get info on any motorcycle. I am diving into maintenance for the first time on my 07 DL650 in preparation for this coming season. I am slightly terrified. I will first be working on the shims, replacing...

I picked up my bike from its 12,000k service today. One of the fork seals had gone and the mechanic had persuaded Suzuki to cover this under guarantee. However, he said that if they had known I had fitted a fork brace they would not have covered it. He also said that he thought the brace had...

I went to local garage today to arrange for bike to go in for recall for stator check and I noticed that one of the forks has oil smears so the seal has gone. The bike is only 22 months old and has done 12,000K. It is still under guarantee but the mechanic said that he did not think that fork...

I just purchased a 2007 Wee-Strom and discovered a film of oil on the right fork tube, just above the dust cover. I assume I have a leaking fork seal. Is this a common occurrence for this machine. The bike has 6000 miles on it, and the previous owner said he rode strictly street with some wet...