After removing the wrappings completely, please follow the instructions below
to install the single most important improvement to your machine’s handling - a
Ceriani front fork!
.Remove all pinch bolts and Allen bolts from upper triple clamp (crown) (24) and
lower triple clamp (base) (23). Insert steering stem (22) (suitably machined to
fit your motorcycle's bearings, if necessary) into centre hole of base, ensuring
that the clearance cut faces rearward, and reinstall the pinch bolt.
2.Remove top nut/rod assembly (D) from stanchion (7). This can be achieved by
wrapping the stanchion tube in several layers of rag and clamping it in a bench
vice to allow the use of a 30mm wrench to unscrew nut. Alternatively, the top
nut can be temporarily clamped in the vice and the stanchion tube unscrewed
using a hands only approach to grasp the tube. No tools or straps are to be used
on the stanchion tube.
3.Clamp steering stem (22) vertically in vice. If no vice is available the stem can
be installed in the motorcycle (See Section 7) provided the machine is securely
propped on shop stand or other suitable base under the frame. Insert each
stanchion up through the proper hole in the base, replace (but do not tighten)
the base pinch bolts. Position base lower than normal on the stanchion tubes (3
or 4 inches above boot/wiper tops). Place crown (top triple clamp) (24) in
position on the stanchions (7) but not on the steering stem.
4. Re-insert the top nut/rod assembly into each stanchion in turn, making sure
that the control rod ( 7) is properly inserted in the dampening adjuster (4).
Note that the flatted side on the rod corresponds to a slot in the adjuster. If
the sliders are not fully extended, the rod will slip down through the adjuster
when in the proper position. This can be used as a check for rod positioning.
Calibrate the adjuster by rotating the 0mm control rod hexagon on ( 7)
clockwise until the limit stop. Slightly loosen the bottom screw ( 5) and continue
to rotate the hexagon clockwise until its indicating line faces directly forward,
i.e., in the direction that the motorcycle will travel. Position the lower legs so
that the drainscrews (28) face to the rear, use the wheel axle to line them up in
parallel. Tighten the bottom screw ( 5).
5.Fully tighten the 30mm top nuts (without moving the control hexagon). The 0
"Zero" mark on the top nut should line up with the indicating line on the control
hex. If not, loosen the top nut slightly and turn the stanchion, do not turn the
slider or hex control in order to have the hex line indicate "Zero" when the top
nut is fully tight (i.e., zero mark facing forward). After tightening down the top
