TOG@Toil wrote:

> If you can get the shell out easily, put it in the deep freeze for
> about 20-30 minutes. Wrap rags around the headstock and pour boiling
> water over them: soak them properly. Then whip out the shell. The cold
> contracts the shell, and the heat expands the headstock, and then
> it'll go in *much* easier. I do this every time I fit new head races.
>
> Actually, I only fit them myself to smaller bikes these days. It's an
> arse-ache of a job and it's something I'm happy to pay my dealer to
> do, especially on things like the BMW, or bikes without a centre stand
> (which have to be hung from a ceiling beam).

I shall be replacing mine in the next few days; there's something wierd
about bike steering that self-centres. No main stand either - I'll have to
dig out the car axle stands again.

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Si - XV535