Motowalt said:
With less than 2,000 gentle miles on the bike and none of it offroad, both fork seals are leaking...it started on one side at about 1500 miles and I wiped clean the fork tubes frequently but now they both leak.
Will take it to the dealer in the next few days.
Here's the latest:
My friendly Yamaha shop took a look at my forks today. The service manager determined they were not leaking oil, but simply had excess assembly lube showing up on the forks. I agree that it was more like grease than fork oil as it didn't run down the forks, just smeared them and stopped where the sliders stopped moving down. He made a record of it and contacted Yamaha's national techline and had a return call for me before I even got home! Tech line agreed with his assessment over the phone and took record of it. Apparently there is a bulletin regarding the same thing on the FJR's...excess assembly lube.
I'll keep an eye on it, but for now I'm not going to do anything but wipe down the fork tubes once in a while...and hopefully it will stop when the excess lube is forced out with use...there shouldn't be anything more to do but enjoy the ride.
I really appreciate the quick action of my dealer and their follow up with Yamaha. I'm really lovin' this bike more every day! And I got to go for a nice ride out in the hills too. ::008::
PS
If anyone is looking for a good deal on a like-new Multistrada S, they took one in on trade for a Super Tenere...(not mine, just passing this along....)