25-02-15, 08:00 PM
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Only takes half an hour to get the forks off.
The bike has been stood for a while and the oil at the top was very clean then soon after out came very dark aluminium filled dirty oil,left them draining all night.
There is two ways to replace the oil, after pumping them and getting the oil out and draining all night,
Option 1= check how much oil came out,volume, and replace at this stage, supposedly fine for street style riding,and any new oil is better than old oil.
Option 2= Remove top cap,springs etc and refill and measure air gap at top of forks,after pumping and compressing oil a few times, this option is a must for racers as oil height is critical in fork tuning.
Only takes half an hour to get the forks off.
The bike has been stood for a while and the oil at the top was very clean then soon after out came very dark aluminium filled dirty oil,left them draining all night.
There is two ways to replace the oil, after pumping them and getting the oil out and draining all night,
Option 1= check how much oil came out,volume, and replace at this stage, supposedly fine for street style riding,and any new oil is better than old oil.
Option 2= Remove top cap,springs etc and refill and measure air gap at top of forks,after pumping and compressing oil a few times, this option is a must for racers as oil height is critical in fork tuning.
An ageing test pilot for home grown widgets that may fail at anytime.