Front wheel bearings removal

[Guest]

I've never sync'd carbs before so this will be new to me, I'm a dirtbike guy to be honest but this 1100 will go along with the 75' Honda 400 super sport I picked up 2 years ago...not meaning to jump all over here. I will have other threads to start Im sure as I mounted up the new Avon RoadRiders today and next Im going to tackle rebuilding the forks. You guys are a way helpful source to have access to.

[LAB3]

Good thing I paid attention to this thread. After thinking about it, the last time I greased my stem bearings was two years ago and I've covered 25k miles since. Tore into it this morning and sure enough, the bottom race had "ruts" in it from the rollers and the top bearing has a bit more slop in it than I feel comfortable with. New set on the way!

[Grimly]

Good thing I paid attention to this thread. After thinking about it, the last time I greased my stem bearings was two years ago and I've covered 25k miles since. Tore into it this morning and sure enough, the bottom race had "ruts" in it from the rollers and the top bearing has a bit more slop in it than I feel comfortable with. New set on the way!

Yep, steering head bearings crap out early if you ride a lot of badly maintained roads. 25K isn't entirely unusual, whereas a bike that does the vast majority of its miles on freeways / motorways / autobahns might need them replaced at 80 or 100K.
I replaced mine about 15K miles ago and I suspect they're on the way out already - but the extra weight of fairing, etc doesn't help.