Gents-
I assume that the B5 and C5 have the same forks and upper covering tubes, unlike the G5 models which have the rubber fork boots.
While I've got my forks off to change the oil, I was hoping to replace my scratched up tubes and fender. I assumed that it was a dealer misalignment of the fender, but now it's looking like the primary problem was that one of the cover tubes was in fact badly misaligned, which I believe was probably done at the factory. The evidence appeared when I removed the fork from the offending side, and I found just the outside edge of the top of the fork lower, which remains hidden by the covering tube throughout the fork travel, all scarfed up from rubbing on the inside of the cover tube. This tells me that although the fender may have been misaligned, the covering tube is definitely misaligned. The dealer still delivered me a bike that was scratching itself all to hell, but I'm prepared to cut them a little more slack than I have been.
Has anyone had theirs off their bike? I hoped they would come right off, but they don't. They're secured by the triple-tree pinch bolts, but there's a plastic bushing at the top which prevents me from pulling them away even after I remove the pinch bolts. As near as I can tell, the only way to do it is to disassemble the whole steering mechanism and drop the stem and triple tree to release the bushings, and there's just no way I'm going to do that right now.
Can anyone confirm or deny this assembly detail?