The top cap nuts and steering head bearing tensioner came out easily.
I then backed off the pinch bolts on the top triple tree. It easily came off with a few bumps from a rubber hammer underneath. I laid it carefully back against the tank with a towel. (A good man always knows where his towel is. I like to think of myself as a really hoopy frood.)
After jacking up the front end, the screws from the spring shrouds came off and I protected the mudguard with some towels as well.
This was too easy. The next part involved some clever improvisation. I didn't have the right spanner to remove the nuts from the top of the triple tree. So I had to make something. I took the next largest size socket that I had, which happened to be 1-5/8"... then taped two 10-32 screws to the inside of it. This way the screws would grasp the notches in the nuts, and turn them off easily.
The nuts easily came off and I had access to remove the headlamp and brackets. I left them as one piece and set them atop the handlebars and top triple tree.
The ease of dismantling was interrupted by a trip to Harbor Freight to get a bigger adjustable wrench, since I didn't have one quite big enough to take the bottom nuts off the forks.
Reversing the order of disassembly, puts it all back together. The forks are rather stiff now. I hope this improves the handling as much as everyone says. Tomorrow I shall find out. No sense in going out to try out the handling in the dark... especially when there's a new Doctor Who episode on.
