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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
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.