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Dirty Dave
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Montreal, Canada
« on: June 19, 2019, 01:29:21 PM »
Boy, so hard to keep this 97 on the road. After 22 years and 100,000 kms I have to change a
fork seal.......



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Glaserbeam
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Southern California
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2019, 01:39:00 PM »
We'll be holding a prayer vigil down here in the States for the speedy recovery of your bike's health  angel
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sandy
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Mesa, AZ.
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2019, 03:06:29 PM »
At 2,727 miles/year, your treatment is borderline Valk abuse. No wonder it's falling apart. LOL
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Dirty Dave
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Montreal, Canada
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2019, 04:44:17 PM »
Bought it in 2003. The "problem" is that I have 3 bikes.

Whatever will I wear today?

 Roll Eyes
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Maggie Valley, NC
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2019, 05:42:55 PM »
Those dadgum low mileage high maintenance Valkyrie suck.SELL it.
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old2soon
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Willow Springs mo
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2019, 06:28:57 PM »
Quote from: Britman on June 19, 2019, 05:42:55 PM
Those dadgum low mileage high maintenance Valkyrie suck.SELL it.
             NAHNAHNAH-GIVE it to me!  Roll Eyes  2funny RIDE SAFE.
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Bighead
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Madison Alabama
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2019, 07:46:22 PM »
At 120+k miles on my ‘97 I too have had to replace a fork seal and a shifter seal. I have replaced the shock bushings and wheel bearings just because though.  2funny
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Dirty Dave
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Montreal, Canada
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2019, 03:31:06 AM »
I just remembered that last year my Valk gave me trouble because she was jealous of my new
Kawasaki Z900RS. Alternator wouldn't charge.

Turned out to be oxidation on some wire that needed to see 12 volts in order to let the
alternator do it's job. Had me scratching my head for a bit.
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Fireman973
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Graham, Texas
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2019, 01:05:56 PM »
Quote from: Dirty Dave on June 19, 2019, 01:29:21 PM
Boy, so hard to keep this 97 on the road. After 22 years and 100,000 kms I have to change a
fork seal.......



 Grin
Yessir if you bought it to work on you are in for a huge disappointment  Roll Eyes
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