- 1. Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: cfiddes@direct.ca
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 08:26:13 +0000
- Hi folks. I'm about to refill my lever shocks and am going to follow the wisdom of the list and use motorcycle fork oil. The question is - what weight? Any testimonials? Chris '76 Midget
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- 2. Re: Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: John Colosimo <jcolosim@tbcdsb.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:12:31 -0400
- Hi Chris, The fork oil I'm using in my '64 sprite is 30wt John Colosimo
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00502.html (7,654 bytes)
- 3. Re: Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: Agustin de la Calle <agustin@risotto.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:34:09 -0700 (PDT)
- I am using the heaviest or most viscous fork oil I could find in the stores. I don't know the number from the top of my head, but it sounds pretty low to me and I can't get any thicker fork oil. Che
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00504.html (8,672 bytes)
- 4. Re: Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: jpquinn@cyberramp.net
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:36:49 +0000
- I bought a bottle of Belray 30WT from a suszuki dealer. Cost about $9.50 for one pint. Q
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00518.html (9,699 bytes)
- 5. Re: Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: Agustin de la Calle <agustin@risotto.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:10:59 -0700 (PDT)
- That will last you maybe couple of years. Gus '71 Midget
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00523.html (8,389 bytes)
- 6. Re: Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
- OK, none of you fork oil guys has commented on the results of switching to the stuff... (Now someone is going to say "the shocks got stiffer"...) Ulix Ulix __/__,__ ..................................
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00524.html (9,096 bytes)
- 7. Re: Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: Agustin de la Calle <agustin@risotto.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:54:07 -0700 (PDT)
- Sorry Ulix, I proceeded very unscientifically: I changed two things at once. The oil and the valving. One thing I can say: the stuff coming out of the shocks was very dirty! Gus P.S.: Did it get stif
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00525.html (9,573 bytes)
- 8. Re: Fork Oil - what weight are you using? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:58:59 +1000
- I've been using it for years. I tried Penrite's lever arm shock oil #2 but it wasn't stiff enough so I went back to 30wt or 40wt fork oil (road and race respectively). No complaints and possibly bett
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00552.html (9,455 bytes)
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