SR500 tapered steering bearings

The forks are rebuilt and ready to go, and the new steering bearings arrived today. I got a tapered bearing kit from All Balls.

Here's the problem with the stock ball style bearings. The races indent and the steering becomes notchy. This is a bike with only about 19,000 miles, but the races are very bad. Some claim slightly better feel with the stock type bearings, but I doubt it's anything significant, and once they wear at all, any advantage in feel is completely lost.

The All Balls kit is very nice, and includes the seals.