Royal Enfield Interceptor 650. The ultimate fork supension UPGRADE By YSS! 

My wife just walked into the room while I was watching this video, literally the second she heard your voice she said... “oh, what are we getting for the bike this week?” 😂😂 Reply.. “Nothing.. Stuart has already covered the fork upgrade for our bike.. 🤗 ....I’m just watching this one out of interest...”

Very well done, sir. Sent my memories back to when we solved front suspension issues differently because we had no other options. I'm talking early '60s, so for a chuckle stick with me a moment. The too soft springs were usually "fixed" with a spacer - sometimes 2 inches from an old fork spring, sometimes a piece of metal tubing. The "pre-compression" worked surprisingly well. The damping problem was a simple change to a heavier weight oil. That was a real hit or miss, but it was a cheap fix. That too would make a big improvement in the handling. As to ride, I'm not sure we were even aware of what good compliance was back then. It was all about tightening up the bike to "flick" around the corners without wallowing. Since most of my riding was on Nortons and Matchlesses, I get a kick out of younger riders who comment on the vibration of my current '59 AJS 650 twin, as I never remembered vibration being annoying. Don't even notice now. The good old days weren't really that good, but they were all we had and their recollection is priceless. I too have a current RE Classic and look forward to your videos on it. Best to y'all from Texas.

Uncle Stu, you are now my favorite You Tube! I have the R.E. “approved” Ohlins front and rear suspension. I can tell you that the YSS front setup is definitely more sophisticated with additional parts to assist oil flow. Its interesting that Ohlins told me they purposely moved this product line to Thailand for production and left the front rather basic, only matching the rear shock spring rate, for cost purposes. They felt that riders who purchased a cheaper cost motorcycle like a 650 Twin, would not spend the money for a “premium” Ohlins system. Maybe this thinking is true in the Indian/Asian market, but is totally opposite of the way I think which is “cheaper bike=more money for upgrades”.

We forget how much work goes into making these components. Respect to 'we moto'

Never attempted a fork overhaul, but with your straight forward approach it doesn’t seem as intimidating. Thanks Stuart and keep the videos coming!

8 June: Thank you so much for this video Stuart. I bought this kit, fitted it and then the rain and hail descended so I couldn't try it till yesterday. What a difference! In the 54 years since passing my test and hundreds of two wheelers I have built lots of engines and bikes from scratch but never messed with standard suspension. This makes a remarkable improvement on the standard setup which I found a bit loose, the front end bottomed on braking sometimes. I went for a ride yesterday down the unclassified local roads, over 7 canal hump back bridges and it stuck to the road like glue. Your video is essential: the YSS instructions were at best inadequate. I now have a bike that I am itching to go out on every day when it is not raining! (Being retired I can have that luxury!) I note that you have bar risers: without them I had to remove the handlebar. Also when I tipped my springs out there was an additional washer which you didn't seem to have. I don't intend to do the back suspension though, I don't think that would make such a difference.

I'm getting this bike some point in 2021. Listening and watching you work on this bike and your reviews have helped me get ready with plenty of information. All time great reviewer. Thank you for your expertise.

Thank you very much for the good advice, I did it today with Silkoline 7.5 (10 W) and 10 turns of preload. Wonderful to ride.

Honestly, knowing these fantastic videos are here makes me want to get one of these. Your maintenance videos are top notch and really capture the joy of turning wrenches on motorbikes for fun

Hi Stuart, as an imminent purchaser of an Interceptor I found all of your related videos very useful and informative, thanks for posting them.👍👍

I'm a simple man, when I see uncle Stuart upload a video, I drop everything I do and watch it.

Great job Stuart, in Brazil there are so many people watch your videos to learning more about the interceptor 650. Big hug.

Brilliantly simply explained guide ! ( from someone who struggled with Haynes and clymer manuals ) V impressed with the detail and clarity .

This video is GOLD! Truly appreciate your attention to detail and walking everyone through this awesome upgrade. Time to get it done and hit the track. 15w it is my friend! Cheers.

I have exactly the same set up fork and g series although i chose silver for my orange crush. An absolutely superb piece of kit and your vid for fitting is very accurate and detailed. A good choice over other shock manufacturers as i dont go on the classic look, i want modern style. But i also want sophistication and adjustability, coming from a racing background. Well done Stuart. I look forward to comparing your final set-up.

Great video, it really walks us through the installation process. I look forward to the next video, and to your impressions after you've ridden with the new setup for awhile.

Excellent timing I had this modification to the front suspension planned for this week, I have the kit just need to get the job done, excellent video as normal Stuart.

I stumbled upon your channel just an hour ago. Was searching reliability reports for RE Continental GT... I love the way you narrate. Watched few of your videos on Interceptor, and i think you convinced me on Royal... You have one more subscriber :) Stay safe and all the best from Croatia.

Just like to say a huge thank you to uncle stu,I've watched this video many times for entertainment reasons and love all the videos but today I finally installed the yss kit....I'm not sure your know quite how much these videos mean to us but these videos are worth they're weight in gold ,like a Haynes manual in Yorkshire dialect,I was even giving the ole aye up and various other words during my project,just excellent step by step,job done runs smooth as silk.not sure I've got anything else left to change, might need another bike to tinker with now 💥 cheers again 👌

Another impeccable video! I'm definitely going to save up for the YSS front fork springs and dampening system. Appreciate your efforts and providing a sport biker enthusiast much needed information for his first modern cruiser. Cheers.

This is the only thing I need for my Interceptor, thank you so much for a thoroughly informative, instructional video on a job I need to do. I have never seen how to dismantle and rebuild front forks before - but I have never needed to find out. Yesterday I went for a 312 mile ride round the Norfolk coast, just to remind myself what the sea looks like and today I will be ordering front fork innards from wemoto. :)

Excellent. Loved your clinical approach. Thank you, Stuart.

Thanks Stuart. Very good information and advice. Just did the fork upgrade today, no problems .

I am amezed with the care and love you handled the bike throughout the video. I wish I would ever find someone like that, I would happily travel considerable distance to get my bike done right if someone handles it so carefully.

HI Stuart having just purchased my Interceptor I have been watching your videos and think that they are a great source of reference. Keep them coming mate.

You sir are a bike professor..... Impeccable explanation with great knowledge and common sense.... Keep up the great work....🙏

Great video as always Stuart. Precise, concise and to the point. Keep em coming! Thanks

The bike is so well maintained, looks very clean.

Thanks Mate! I like ur videos! It's a pleasure to watch them without having to listen to any annoying self-promoting sayings all the time. U explain it great, calm, relaxed an on point. Keep on in this way. People like u makes it much easier for me. By the way - i love ur smooth Voice Cheers from Germany

Thank you for the work on putting this together. This is exactly the video I was looking for guidance in upgrading my forks

This is why you should not be worried about buying a good commuter bike this type of up grade is the way to go and make a good bike a great one nice one chap really good explanation not used that company my self but have done a few upgrades in my time keep up the good work

Thank you Stuart for a excellent video has usual. It's a bigger job than I thought. I live in Thailand & it's to hot & I'm to old to start messing about with bikes now. But I love to watch your video's, so that I can make sure the person working on my bike, know what they are doing. One of the up sides to living here is labour is so cheap, the down side is, finding someone who knows what they are doing. Thanks again Stuart

Very good tutorial! I don’t own a RE but I can use the newly gained knowledge while working on my other bikes. I hope you are enjoying your Interceptor-looking forward to more videos and your opinions regarding the bike.

Thanks Stuart for this video. I rank it as one of your best, explaining the benefits of after market suspension upgrades.

Aaah Thank-you Stuart ~ another precise & crystal clear, interesting tutorial (stuartorial) long since awaited. I purchased the full set upon your 1st upload on YSS upgrades, and fitted the rear shocks as per your guidance. The result was startlingly improved characteristics. I have awaited patiently (thanx covid) for this postponed completion stuartorial and, it was, as ever; mighty fine, again - many thanks!!! I am as as tad of a novice fettler, disappointed that, because of certain rude types contributing the square root of zilch, you've felt the need to cease the torque values as I am struggling now to find them. I perfectly understand the logic of course, but could similar such no marks be simply ignored, rather than let them Marr everyone else's experience. Keep up the damn fine splendid output of Stuartorials sir......

Great video. I like the way you presented especially the way you narrated the entire show like a children's story. Thank you and keep up the good work

I could listen to you all day long, another great video.

I guess I'm late to the party,... but these videos do travel in time into the future! I installed the YSS shocks and fork upgrade. Uncle Stu, I think you undersold the fork upgrade. I am really amazed at how well it works. Thanks for the detailed installation video. My only gripe (and it's a small one) was your leaving us to figure out how to get the headlight mounts positioned. The first one took me almost an hour, the second took me 10 minutes. Keep the amazing videos coming!

Did my front fork upgrade today. Felt confident thanks to these perfect instructions. Thank you very much! All the best from Berlin, Germany

Good call on Wemoto. Been getting parts off them for years and have always found them helpful and efficient. Wish I could get a quality suspension upgrade for my latest bike but new fork springs and quality rear shocks would come to the same amount that I paid for the bike! 😅😭

That's definitely going to be a future upgrade. Excellent video. Stay safe Stuart

Nice vid, have been watching all of yours I reckon. This bike got me starting lessons, my theory and 'special excersizes' exams in the pocket, now only the road exam to go.... and then finding a sponsor.....

Great informative video , well worth 20 minutes of my existence. Looking forward to the next one.

Thank you my man, well done. I know this video is two years old but, ... It's just the ticket for me now. Cheers

Great tutorial as always Stuart! Hope your all staying safe

Amazing video ,awaiting the review on Friday 😊

enjoyed watching your videos love the way you explain things so simply

Very informative and professional delivery thanks.

Excellent clear and concise video as usual thanks Stuart.

I really enjoy stuff like this, and as usual, clearly and concisely explained and demonstrated. Regarding the torque settings thing, i am always amazed at the way some keyboard warriors think they know better than the manufacturer/workshop manual.

Hi Stuart. For headlight adjustment before I strip suspension down (front or rear) I mark my drive about 3 metres away from a wall and sit centre of the front wheel on it. Then mark on the wall where the beam hits (better at night). After rework I tweak headlight till same as before. (I appreciate this only puts it back to before, and not maybe to manual, but its somewhere near to what you was happy riding around on before.)

Great stuff as always Stuart. Very thorough and very easy to follow step by step advice. Looking forward to watching your test ride.

Such a shame there are idiots out there that challenge you on your videos , I find them very helpful and very clear , people need to realise the amount of time it would take for camera setup and editing and the fact you are passing you knowledge out free . Top job 👏 👌

So clear and straightforward.Well done.

Thank you for the video. Just got my interceptor 3 weeks ago.

Great video Stuart! Waiting for your review video. Stay safe! Ride safe! God speed! Regards & Love from India

Thanks Stuart! Greetings from Thailand. If I do get a second bike to go alongside my T120 I would buy an Enfield. I will watch this again if this happens. Cheers again!

Thanks Stuart, informative and entertaining as always.

I didn't know about pumping out the oil to get the last dregs out. Something new learned, a productive day. Thanks, Uncle Stu.

I got my interceptor looking at your videos. Thankyou sir

Great video and content as always Stuart, think ill get this upgrade for my interceptor. Stay safe pal

Had a 1985 GSXR played around with front suspension and fitted a balance pipe between the fork legs at the top . This meant that the air pressure in the fork legs was always equal on full bump regardless of any slight differences in damping oil level . When on full bump ie heavy braking the air at the top of the forks compresses and any difference in fork oil level will cause each fork leg to behave different . In the case of the GSXR which had a small spindle and single pinch bolts it could cause instability under very hard breaking . This little mod improved matters no end .

Well this portion of my life (Watching this video) was certainly time well spent. Learned much, and love yer production style sir...thank you.

what a superb video. top work Uncle Stu!

Cheers Stuart, I've just fitted the YSS front fork kit and the difference is amazing. Your videos have been really helpful. I don't have the cash to upgrade the rear shocks yet but will consider it later. I struggled with the front suspension right from day one, to me it seemed pretty awful compared to all the other bikes I've owned over the years.

Excellent. Saved to my RU-vid Enfield folder. Come winter this will be my project

Really enjoyed that vid, simple explanation and example to assist the manual 🤘😎👍

I appreciate the didactic and exhaustive nature of these how-to videos. You lose more valuable life hours on the "first remove engine" instruction manuals, from people who perform these operations everyday. Most home maintenance is a steep learning curve, and seeing another bloke do the heavy lifting it is invaluable.

Definitely going to have get this kit, the front of the Interceptor needs it. I will have to review this video when I do the job. Thanks mate.

Thanks Stuart, great for seeing what needs to happen when I get to this one day :)

Brilliant video as always Stuart, and always very informative and essential viewing 😃👍🏻

Your RE looks absolutely gorgeous btw❤️

This looks a really worthwhile upgrade. 👍

Thank you it is very useful, it is pleasant to see it done with so much information before I do it👍😁

Perfect, detailed, correct instructions!

now fitted to my bike,and a noticeable improvement :)

Thank you for the clear no nonsense advice. Sorry you no longer give torque ratings, I wish you would state your preferred tightness but fully understand your dissension. Informative and thoughtful, but most of all thoroughly entertaining.

Very informative, I will carry out this procedure in the future, thank you.

Thank you Stuart, that was very well explained and surprisingly simple.

Uncle Stu, as long as you put stuff like this out, you can steal a little bit of my life....

Excellent vid as usual stu.. Ive always been a bit weary of doing forks....think ill have a go at the legend....."right stand back , im going in"....

You can also use a set of vernier callipers to measure how far up the forks protrude from the top fork clamp. Lock the calliper in place once you’ve taken the measurement. Then when sliding the fork legs back into position, you just hold the vernier callipers up in the same spot and slide the forks up to the point they make contact with the verniers.

Nice one Stuart, keep on Rolling sir.

Now, we have time to watch and enjoy! One guy told to a video producer (not so far from You) that he is not going to watch the rubbish that the local TV-channels offer so he's just having a good time watching some lawn movers getting repaired! Attitude is everything!

Thank for the installation 🙏

Nice work, clear, concise and to the point. Thank you

Mate found really interesting as someone who's coming back to riding a bike again I wanted something could get my hands dirty with the royal enfield interceptor is perfect. Look forward to other video's hopefully some are also jobs I'll be having a crack at too.

Very interesting and very usefull, I think I'll be fitting that kit in the future

Sir, i bought these for my Gt, asked the mechanic to fit it up and he screwed it, then after seeing your video i managed to pull it off at home, thanks.

Thank you Stuart, a very interesting and informative video. I am still looking to purchase one of these motorcycles and this modification seems to be very good; however, I don't think I would have the confidence to do it myself and would seek out a reputable workshop. Cheers, Andy.

I really enjoy your candpr and humor. 😀

Keenly following your videos as there is an interceptor in my future.

Thanks Stuart,your the man.

Very interesting and I haven't even got an Interceptor, yet. 😭. Will be interesting to hear your thoughts on the mods you've done. Enjoy the ride. 👍👍👍

Brilliantly useful. Thanks for sharing. You got a new subscriber. Cheers!

Great upload, I personally love your videos.

Hi Stuart, thanks for all your vids, I rode for 9 hours today on my GS, first time since February. Totally knackered. Can you do more on your new 500. So looking forward to your assessment and mods etc. Cheers matey.

Thanks for that.great watching.now to the garage.

Hahahaha nice video mate …..always enjoy your vids excellent info well presented clear and easy for any novice to understand and tackle the suspension upgrade themselves saving a bucket load of cash at the same time …..

Thanks stu, great vid 👍