Credit to OLD3 for posting his original written guide which this is mostly based upon, forgive my plagiarism.
Jack up the bike, you need to have the wheel, forks and triples out so no race stand. I used a floor jack with a 2x4 under the header and the oil pan. Lift it up just enough to get the front wheel off the ground.
Remove brake caliper, front wheel, fender, handlebars and fork legs. There are some sneaky screw on this bike, make sure things are loose and about to fall off before you try and manhandle them,
Remove the center bolt and the top of the triple tree.
Then the lower retaining nut threaded on the stem, I used a hammer and a punch but you could buy the Kawasaki tool for $40 or so. Now the clamp will drop out the bottom so have a hand under to catch it. I kept the bottom triple connected to the fork legs for this part and put a box under them so I wouldn't have to catch it
Tap out the upper/lower races and toss the balls in the trash, I used a breaker bar with an appropriate sized socket to knock out all races from the stem. be extremely careful not to knock your bike over!
Jack up the bike, you need to have the wheel, forks and triples out so no race stand. I used a floor jack with a 2x4 under the header and the oil pan. Lift it up just enough to get the front wheel off the ground.
Remove brake caliper, front wheel, fender, handlebars and fork legs. There are some sneaky screw on this bike, make sure things are loose and about to fall off before you try and manhandle them,
Remove the center bolt and the top of the triple tree.
Then the lower retaining nut threaded on the stem, I used a hammer and a punch but you could buy the Kawasaki tool for $40 or so. Now the clamp will drop out the bottom so have a hand under to catch it. I kept the bottom triple connected to the fork legs for this part and put a box under them so I wouldn't have to catch it
Tap out the upper/lower races and toss the balls in the trash, I used a breaker bar with an appropriate sized socket to knock out all races from the stem. be extremely careful not to knock your bike over!