I'm mostly planning to use it to get me back to roads I know so I can find my way back, turn by turn directions or just the step by step text only will be useful. It's just a precaution to get to new or unfamiliar places in 1 go.
The bike is actually pretty quiet, and the riding position makes it easy to angle my helmet so the wind is its quietest. I didn't even put earplugs in for that 250 mile ride home from buying it, it was that quiet.
If after a few miles the seal is still dry I'll confidently take it for the inspection.
Down the line I'll pop the dust seals and give it a good cleaning out and use the plastic seal cleaner described if needed. I think these fork tubes just need to break in. It's easy to see the grind (or lathe cut) marks beneath the chrome, I think a little wear will do them good. It's also possible the PO left some dead bug crusties to dry onto the offending fork tube causing the leak. I cleaned some from both tubes before pumping the suspension with the front break held. Sitting on the bike with the brake held I first pull up to bottom the forks out, then push and hold for a few seconds. Then some more cleaning. I repeated this 4 times pumping the suspension a couple dozen times each time.
My last step was to pour some hot tap water from a bottle onto the dust seals then pump a few times followed by more hot water repeated a few times.
I'm hopeful that whatever was in there made its way out, there shouldn't be much if any crud left to work its way in.
