I went over all the fasteners, nuts and bolts that were indicated to be checked for tightness at 600 miles. I had no torque wrench but I just felt them to see that none were loose. This included the fork clamps. I checked one side tonight and found that it was under-torqued on the top and the bottom bolt. I have 9,300 miles on my bike and I don't know if the bolts just loosened up from use or if it was sloppy work from the factory. I have no doubt the other fork clamp will be looser than spec as well. I can think of no other bolt that I would less like to have loose than the fork clamps. I have no idea if there is any sort of stopper block or taper to the fork tubes that would prevent the forks from sliding right out of the clamp.
It's a bit of work to take the lowers, sides, inner front and tank fairing off just to check those 4 bolts. I reached up from underneath with a skinny beam torque wrench after removing the fairings. I can see no other way unless a torque wrench with a ratchet drive would possibly help in that tight spot. The specs I have are 15'lbs on the upper bolt and 22'lbs on the lower bolt. Tighten upper and lower a bit at a time to ensure proper torque on each.
Just thought I'd mention it.
* Last updated by: Rook on 7/16/2009 @ 8:55 PM *