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[Chris Krok]

> From: "Stuart Mumford" > Subject: Fork Oil Weight Preference > > Hey aggressive off roaders that haven't KLX forked your bikes, what weight > fork oil do you run? > I have the LR Progressive springs and still bottom out that piece of shit > front end.

I run 15W, and added an extra 1/4" of preload to the springs. Seems to work pretty well. NKLR forever! Krokko -- Dr. J. Christopher Krok John Lucas Adaptive Wind Tunnel Caltech MS 205-45, Pasadena, CA 91125

[Zachariah Mully]

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 10:07, Chris Krok wrote:

> I run 15W, and added an extra 1/4" of preload to the springs. Seems to > work pretty well. > > NKLR forever! > > Krokko

I run Thai Fish Sauce and used two frozen egg rolls for spacers. Works for me, and makes tasty snack whenever I change them! Never KLR! -- Z DC A5X A11X

[Guest]

would 15w30 be ok or does it need to be fork oil? Matthew A14

[wingrj@aol.com]

In a message dated 02/19/03 07:08:11, stingray@... writes:

>> Hey aggressive off roaders that haven't KLX forked your bikes, what weight >> fork oil do you run?

I know this will raise a few eyebrows, I use Castrol 30wt, stock amount. Viewed best in the text font 'Courier' ___ /___\ (!* *!) __\^-^/__ / ___ \ _/ |___| \_ (__\=/ \=/__) O=|_[ ]_|=O \.---./ | = = | | =.-.= | !_|| ||_! =|| ||= | | | | _____`-'_____ Wish I could go through life like I go through traffic

[Zachariah Mully]

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:27, Matthew wrote:

> would 15w30 be ok or does it need to be fork oil? > Matthew A14

I have 15W40 in my Concours rear shock and ATF in the front. Works fine. Z DC A5X A11X

[david gay]

30wt??? Geez how fat are you???? Dave A12 WingRJ@... wrote:In a message dated 02/19/03 07:08:11, stingray@... writes:

>> Hey aggressive off roaders that haven't KLX forked your bikes, what weight >> fork oil do you run?

I know this will raise a few eyebrows, I use Castrol 30wt, stock amount. Viewed best in the text font 'Courier' ___ /___\ (!* *!) __\^-^/__ / ___ \ _/ |___| \_ (__\=/ \=/__) O=|_[ ]_|=O \.---./ | = = | | =.-.= | !_|| ||_! =|| ||= | | | | _____`-'_____ Wish I could go through life like I go through traffic List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[ATO137528@aol.com]

I've lost my links and can't remember where to look for fork info oil. Sorry. Can someone help me out? I can't remember how far the full level should be from the top of the tubes, if that is with springs in or out, or if that's with tubes compressed or extended. My appologies for asking such a simple question, but my cool links are gone and searchng the messages didn't help. Lamar A14 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Fred Hink]

http://klr6500.tripod.com/forkoil.htm Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/cmc.html

----- Original Message ----- From: To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 3:55 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] fork oil > I've lost my links and can't remember where to look for fork info oil. > Sorry. Can someone help me out? > > I can't remember how far the full level should be from the top of the tubes, > if that is with springs in or out, or if that's with tubes compressed or > extended. > > My appologies for asking such a simple question, but my cool links are gone > and searchng the messages didn't help. > > Lamar > A14

[bigfatgreenbike]

ATO137528@... wrote:

> >I can't remember how far the full level should be from the top of the tubes, >if that is with springs in or out, or if that's with tubes compressed or >extended. > >

Pull the springs and bottom the forks. About 170mm from the top of the tubes worked well for me. -- Devon Brooklyn, NY A15-Z '01 KLR650 '81 SR500 cafe racer "The truth's not too popular these days....." Arnold Schwarzenneger, in The Running Man

[clint lee jin yew]

i was thinking of changing my fork oil. problem is when i'm in the store, theres just 5w, 10w ,15w and 20w. i'm not sure about 25w. but then which one is for the klr. i feel that the front end is too light at 110km/h+ is there anything i can do? i was thinking of dropping the front by 1 or 1/2 cm. will that help? clint