03-25-2014, 08:33 AM
I've not had any trouble with the fork seals on my CB1100 but I used to have a Honda Shadow 1100 that had a very similar set of struts. I found that on the Shadow occasionally a bit of dirt or the remains of a particularly crusty bug would find it's way done into the seal. I would just pop the dust cover and take a .010 feeler gauge and slide it down between the strut and the seal and move it around gradually pulling it upwards. That would usually clean the seal lip out well enough to get things back to normal. Put over 100,000 miles on that bike and only had to change the seals once.