I'm 24, just got a marauder as my first bike. 2001 with only 8k miles, only thing I need to fix is the fork seals. I know you won't see this, but you're a life saver🙏🏾
ha! bought mine new in 97 .still has original seal in 2023. bit it's time to replace. i put a belt drive on it too. go to thumbnail or search " 800 marauder belt drive". original paint too. runs like a dream.
It is the same... It rides great with the new fork oil... I not sure if my oil was so old and broken down that made it ride so differently but it was a totally different feel and ride...for the better
I use emery cloth to clean the rust. I also use brake kleen in the cylinders to clean any debris out of it. As for little girl distractions, one day you will miss them and wish they still existed.
I used this video to walk me through replacing the seals on my marauder after I payed a mechanic $300 to put the wrong size seals in and tell me my forks were bad, I wish I found it earlier
Hey, How does it ride? I changed my fork oil, Suzuki gave me 7W, now it rides terribly. I was thinking i needed to go lighter, but you said you are running 15W. I know the book says "fork oil #15" I wasn't sure if that was the same as 15W. If it rides well with 15W maybe i will try that next.