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Since the stock fork protectors don't, really, I replaced them with gaitors from a Triumph Scrambler P/N T2040349.
Procedure:
1. Remove front wheel.
2. Remove fender.
3. Use a drift to tap up fork protectors until they come loose.
4. Loosen top and bottom bridge pinch bolts on one side only.
5. Slide fork tube down out of bridge.
6. Lift fork protector off and slip fork gaitor on.
7. Slide the fork tube back into the bridge and insert the axle to help keep things aligned. Align the top of the fork tube with the top of the upper bridge. The cap will be just above the bridge. Make it look like the undisturbed side.
8. Torque the bottom bridge bolt to 39 Nm/29 lb-ft. Torque top bridge bolt to 23 Nm/17 lb-ft.
9. Slide the gaitor up to the bottom bridge and secure it with a plastic cable tie. Then pull the bottom of the gaitor over the top of the slider and secure it.
10. Remove the axle and do the other tube the same way.
11. Reinstall fender.
12. Reinstall wheel.
13. Ride off with a sh*t eating grin knowing you'll never have to replace your fork seals.
Procedure:
1. Remove front wheel.
2. Remove fender.
3. Use a drift to tap up fork protectors until they come loose.
4. Loosen top and bottom bridge pinch bolts on one side only.
5. Slide fork tube down out of bridge.
6. Lift fork protector off and slip fork gaitor on.
7. Slide the fork tube back into the bridge and insert the axle to help keep things aligned. Align the top of the fork tube with the top of the upper bridge. The cap will be just above the bridge. Make it look like the undisturbed side.
8. Torque the bottom bridge bolt to 39 Nm/29 lb-ft. Torque top bridge bolt to 23 Nm/17 lb-ft.
9. Slide the gaitor up to the bottom bridge and secure it with a plastic cable tie. Then pull the bottom of the gaitor over the top of the slider and secure it.
10. Remove the axle and do the other tube the same way.
11. Reinstall fender.
12. Reinstall wheel.
13. Ride off with a sh*t eating grin knowing you'll never have to replace your fork seals.