I noticed there was a fair degree of movement in the steering head, so I thought I would switch out the bearings from the XL250 as they are the same. The ball bearings are loose and not caged, and so I discovered on pulling the triple clamps out of the 500 that there was one ball missing top and bottom! So, regrease the races and put in the missing bearing top and bottom and it should be fine. The trick is to use lots of grease so that the balls stick to the races and do not fall out upon re-assembly.
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