 About the fork lock...
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I have seen a lot of posts about the America/Speedmaster fork lock not working. They work, but in their own way.
Insert the key and turn it about 1/8 turn anti-clockwise. Move the fork slightly off the left stop, push in on the key and turn it back clockwise.
To unlock it, same thing except let the lock pop out. (might have to pull gently on the key if the lock needs to be relubricated).
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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mine just works without the counter-clockwise trick but i'll remember that just in case it gets balky.
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I've never had a chance to use mine... when I bought the bike the key was missing.
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Where was this post last month!?!  I was cussing and swearing thinking my lock was broke. I had just bought my bike from the guy and was trying to figure it out and it wouldn't work. I came awfully close to bending the key to try and get it to lock. Then I took a few deep breaths and decided to take some of the weight off the lock by moving the bars and it worked! I felt like such an idiot!!
2003 Caspian Blue America: Rush Exhaust, FREAK Kit, Almost Chrome Everything, 150/80/15 and 120/90/18 WWW, 18T and 42T Gears, Speedy Tach.
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Most people, myself included, never use it I think. Every once in a while, I take some light oil (like 3 in one) and lubricate the cylinder and mechanism. Just in case I want to use it.
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the cover on mine was too stiff to move, so I've never even tried to lock it
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Second Wind
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Never use mine. I don't even use a disc clamp anymore. If they want steal it none of that will stop them. They just better hope I don't catch them in the act.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Tried mine when it was new, said the heII with it. I never use it. never used it on my previous 2 bikes either. I would probably forget to undo it and end up on my A$$! 
Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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Worn Saddle
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Quote:
I've never had a chance to use mine... when I bought the bike the key was missing.
Same here. I probably would use it occasionally if I could.
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We have fork locks? Jk, I'm with roadworthy. I can barely get mine open.
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The make and type of fork lock used on these bikes is one of those olde worlde traditional Triumph features we all know and love(Erm)
I guess those of us familiar with old brit bikes would work it out.
Have to say I hadnt had a british bike since the late seventies but the action with the key was pure instinct.
Which is still not to say its any good or even fit for purpose- one swift tug will snap the bleeder off in the stem.
so why use it at all?
Ah, tradition.
Al
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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The whole idea is to make it more convenient to steal the honda down the block than my bike.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Presumably one's Honda gets stolen by the nicest people?
Al
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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Check Pants
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The thieves can just place a skateboard under the front tire and push it away, or so I have heard from a cop I know.
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The '49 I had years ago had a built in security system. There was so much oil on the frame after a long ride that it was too slippery for thieves to pick it up.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Ya know none of my previous Triumps had working fork locks as they we mostly ground up restorations...I never put one in any of em. When I got my 07 BA I tried the lock but it didn't work. I'll try this little trick...just in case I ever feel the need to secure the scoot with more than my Rotweiller and .357! 
Karl
Odessa, MO
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The non-integrated fork lock has probably caused more bikes to be dropped in the parking lot than any other brain freeze. Nasty surprise if you forget.
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If you have to do something then this is the way to go. 
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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I very rarely ever use my fork lock (it does work). I have a disc lock, but haven't used it in more than 3 years. With my bike being over 9 years old I am not really worried about someone stealing it. Plus if they really wanted to steal the bike a fork lock or even disc lock won't stop them. It might slow them down but only for a little bit.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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2 guys could pick this bike up and slip it into the back of a van before you could say "oh crap, there go's my bike" and be gone. i knew a guy once and that is how he got parts for the h.d.s he worked on. so i always try to keep her in sight when i am someplace that makes me nervous. other than that there is not much you can do. if some thief wants it, its gone. 
ENJOY!!!!! NEWT!!!!!
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Quote:
The '49 I had years ago had a built in security system. There was so much oil on the frame after a long ride that it was too slippery for thieves to pick it up.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Should be Riding
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The fork lock keeps honest men going in circles. 
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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A friend of mine once told me he witnessed two guys picking up his Honda 750 and putting it in the back of a pickup. I asked him what he did. He said "two guys PICKED UP my Honda. I wasn't about do a damn thing about it."
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Just call the Insurance and hope you paid up your full coverage!
Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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Should be Riding
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Quote:
A friend of mine once told me he witnessed two guys picking up his Honda 750 and putting it in the back of a pickup. I asked him what he did. He said "two guys PICKED UP my Honda. I wasn't about do a damn thing about it."
There is a moving company called, "Two Men and a Truck". Kinda has a new meaning now.
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I use it for overnight stops while on the road. No issues.
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