peek on over to the XL Forum and type in Ricor in a search box...

 

The FOL-1 is adjustable and when resting on the top of the fork it places the end of the tube in the center, therefore it doesn't matter if the fork is not straight up and down.

 

You'll be sold once you drop them in, believe me. I redid the front on my 06 XL1200 with progressive springs, Ricors, and a fork brace and WOW!!. Not even the same bike any more.

 

plus 1 ....and after you do that you will realize how bad your rear shocks are .lol

 

I found them on sale for $179.99
http://store.ricorshocks.com/category_s/62.htm

 

I drained the old fork oil out Fri. evening. My god the first 3/4 of it was BLACK and somewhat metallic...stunk to high heaven. I then "flushed" with ATF and it all came out cherry red. I "topped off" with 12.5 oz. of the ATF then stuffed the PRogressive springs in AFTER cleaning them with G96. They were fairly gross out of the box and I didn't want that crap in my forks. They were no harder to install than removing the stockers...meaning a very similar amount of pre-load. The stock springs were MUCH shorter and smaller diameter coils. They used like a 10" long thin stainless spacer. With 12.5 oz. I was measuring 5.25-5.5" oil level which the instructions say to run regardless of the factory manual's 4.8" level due to greater displacement with the aftermarket springs.

I still had my OEM rears shocks on Saturday, but we rode 2-up all day and WOW the difference is amazing. With the Superbrace I will be more than happy with this setup. I tossed the lowered RK shocked on Sat. night, but it's been too cold to ride since. Can't wait.

Oh yea, to get the caps back on I didn't want to pay another $20 for the 35mm axle nut socket, but like a good Ford mechanic I had a 36mm on hand so a few wraps with electrical tape and it was a PERFECT fit for hand tightening the caps back down.