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Doable without removing from the triples? Need to change springs as mine as in slinky mode now and going around anything other than dead smooth grey stuff makes the front end skittish.
Also realising the whole upright shindig ain't for me. Bar change in order.
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Nah - you need to take the fork legs out (assuming upside down forks.) Requires a fork spring compressor (you can make your own from a pipe collar that's wider than the fork tubes, a couple of bolts and a ratchet tie down), also something to hold the damper rod up while you undo the locknut. You can do it with a set of slim pliers but it's fiddly. Easier with a flat piece of metal with a slot cut in it the width of the damper rod.
It's much easier than it sounds - worth buying the tools as shops quote silly money for fork work. You can save a packet doing it yourself. I'd change the fork oil and seals too while you're at it.
Jung
MV making adventure bikes is akin to Maserati making SUVs. It's probably great to ride though.
The Guzzi is boat anchor like the big BM big adventure bikes. I'd try and keep the weight down, heavy bikes are far less fun.
In other news, I rebuilt the forks on my GSXR. One had been weeping for a while and I popped the other one completely landing a ham-fisted wheelie a couple of weeks ago. Not quite a night and day improvement but they're an awful lot better. Makes me somewhat regret not sticking in fancy valves and removing the hydraulic bump stop....the compression damping is still very harsh in the latter part of the travel - the bump stop seems to take up at least an inch of movement and the transition is not very nice.
Might order a lower mileage rear shock off the interwebs and give it a go for a while....the one on it is pretty fucked.