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Title: fork oil weight
Post by: ddtwelve on 03 April 2012, 04:08:41 pm

hi
i think its time to change the fork oil on my fz6 as im  a large man (92kg) what weight would you recomend??

Title: Re: fork oil weight
Post by: topgun44 on 04 April 2012, 11:59:33 pm

15w  :eek

Title: Re: fork oil weight
Post by: ddtwelve on 05 April 2012, 09:19:56 am

cheers topgun

Title: fork oil weight
Post by: Jazoli on 05 April 2012, 03:50:48 pm

I think 15w is too much to be honest, when I had my F6 I was 104kg and 10w was what I put in when I refreshed the forks, which was fine.

I put 5w in my FZ1 forks last night as it was all I had, I'm only 94kg now but it was boing boing boing this morning, bought some more 10w today!

Title: Re: fork oil weight
Post by: dolau on 09 April 2012, 09:58:11 pm

I put 15 in my FZs6 and that was like a new bike- mind you the old oil was probably knackered and any new oil would have felt good

Silly question but do the fork tops off later FZS6's that are adjustable fit on the later FZ6S bikes- are the diameters even the same? I guess not but thought I would ask

Title: Re: fork oil weight
Post by: ddtwelve on 10 April 2012, 04:09:19 pm

I dont know would love to have some preload too as when  are lass gets on theres not much suspension left  :rollin