I recently did some work on my front end. During reassembly I had the break calipers off and was putting the front wheel back on. My KZ1000-P7 bike has the half moon clamps with the two bolts on the bottom of the fork arms that hold the front axle. After I had the clamp bolts tightened (front bolt first, then back bolt 13 ft-lbs) and the axle bolt tightened (51 ft-lbs), I noticed that the front wheel did not spin freely. There was something holding the wheel back. The break calipers were off so there was zero break drag. I have other bikes and with the front wheel of the ground an easy spin will keep them turning for some time.
I did find the axle fork clamps to be a bit confusing. Do you tighten he axle bolt first and then the clamp bolts. That is what I did.
Bad wheel bearings?
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