The issue we are addressing here is the very slight distortion of the upper fork tube from the clamping force of the lower triple clamp, and the subsequent dragging or binding of the upper bushing as it moves through the area. This hurts the action and over time, wears the anodizing off the inside of the upper tubes. With the triple bolt lower clamp, its hard to properly torque using all three bolts without putting excessive clamping force on the upper tube. If you just walk your torque wrench up and down until it clicks off at even 8 - 10Nm, it will be too tight. I've heard of other methods too like leaving the lower bolt out. The center bolt method has worked fine. Just make sure the fork and clamp surfaces are clean and dry and you should have no problems with slippage or tweaking at all, I never did even in some good crashes. Oddly enough, my friends KTM300 is constantly slipping after a crash even when torqued to what I think is excessive values.
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