Thankyou for posting this. They do make a beautiful couple, don't they?
I can really relate. Yesterday I had the most incredibly frustrating time. I'm upgrading the suspension on my 695 with superbike parts. Both shock and forks need new springs. I bought a spring compressor from an auto store to remove the spring from the shock, which turned out to be much too big to fit my spring, discovered only after a frustrating hour trying to make it work.
So then I thought I'd pop the springs out from my forks, to see if they've got a rate stamped on them. Another frustrating hour ensued. I undid the cap with no trouble, but just don't have the strength needed to push the spring down far enough to get the little tool I made in to hold it and allow me to undo the nuts holding the cap.
So now I'm resigned to getting a shop to do it, which pushes it all back another month or so while I save the money for labour as well as parts.
Anyway, thanks for showing me the light at the end of the tunnel. I really needed that.
