Well, it was a night of victory, capped off with a terrible defeat. I removed the speedometer cable and the left front damper fork, but the right one was a different story. The bottom fork bolt came out OK, but the 14mm pinch bolt at the top just snapped right off. I joined the Broken Bolt Club tonight.

Here’s a picture of the damper fork I was able to remove.   The one stuck on the right side has a broken bolt where you see the left “pinch bolt” on this one:

An act of random social media brought an old acquaintance into my life.  He runs a small auto repair shop out west.

So this broken bolt is the 14mm pinch bolt at the top of the right front damper fork.  He says to ream out the broken bolt and put a new bolt/nut combo in there, but since it’s a learning experience I’m going to be stubborn and drill the thing out, and try to put a replacement bolt in there.