Charon
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It has been many years, but I installed fork boots on my old Suzuki Tempter, and on my wife's Twinstar. Measure your fork tubes and your sliders for diameter, to get the right size. Remove the front wheel (having suitably blocked up the bike). Remove the fender, and the brake caliper (don't let the caliper hang on the hose). Loosen the bolts on the triple tree to allow the fork legs to slide out the bottom. I suggest doing one side at a time, and using a suitable marker (Sharpie) to mark the fork leg so you can replace it as it was. I think on the Savage you may have to remove the turn signal, too. Slide the fork leg out, slip the boot over it, and reassemble. On my Tempter I was able to put the boot over the dust seal on the fork leg, but on the Twinstar I had to remove the dust seal. It is really a straight-forward installation.
After installing the boots, I noted a "whoosh" sound when the fork compressed (the boot had a little hole in it to allow air to rush in and out - put the hole toward the inside or the back so it doesn't get rain beaten into it and so it isn't noticeable). Besides appearance, the real benefit is never having to worry about getting a rock dingie in the slider, which will cut the fork seal and cause a leak. That's what happened to the Tempter, and is why I installed the fork boots.
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