Originally Posted by
34nineteen
Someone probably was in there and didn’t “synch” the adjuster to the damper rod. The screw on the end of the fork, is just an “extension” of the lower damping adjuster rod. The service book has the instructions on how to do that. It’s not difficult, just follow the instructions and go slowly.
Any motorcycle shop that works on Showa forks, should be able to easily tackle this. The hardest part is getting the fork legs off the bike. You can probably nurse it around and be okay, but if you start pushing the bike, it may bite back.
The only shop I’d feel comfortable with tackling this is Eastside Performance in Mesa. He’s mostly into older Japanese bikes but Showa forks were used in lots of those.