Subject: RE: Forks
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Mar 26, 2003, 3:42 PM
Post ID: 1712394793
Changed the fork oil but didn't get a chance to take her for a ride yet
as it started raining. What I did notice is that there is about an inch
more chrome visible on the fork legs now with the spacers. When the
fluid was draining, I stood on the floorboards (bike on center stand)
and pushed down on the bars to work the fluid down and out, and when
pulling back up on the bars, I was topping out and getting the bang
noise I hear when I am riding. I'm hoping the light weight oil, the
weight of the bike when off of the center stand, and my weight will sit
her down enough so I don't get excessive rebound and top out again. If
not, looks like fork disassembly to either get rid of the spacers or cut
them in 1/2. Can anyone tell me how to get to those spacers?
Thanx.
Keith Ruff
71 Police Ambassador - NJ
Pete wrote:
| In a message dated 03/26/2003 8:08:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, klru-@fcc.net writes:
Hi Keith pls keep me posted on your experience. I have stock springs and no inserts. When I got the bike a few years ago, the front end bottomed out, I thought too easily. I put in what I thought was heavier weight oil to dampen it out more. I didnt notice any change. I put in 20W-50 motor oil thinking that I was getting the 50 weight but someone from the list pointed out that since the oil is always cool it will act like 20W not 50W . I have not gone back and changed anything. Good Luck Pete 71 Ambassador |