View Full Version : Fork oil weight
kern0079
21-04-05, 03:36 PM
What weight oil are you running in your forks? Chose the closest one to what you have. I am curious to see what people are running in their SV's.
Cloggsy
21-04-05, 03:41 PM
I dunno... I'm still running std springs & oil ATM :oops:
The Guvnor (elmerfud) has advised me that I need 15wt fork oil and a pair of 0.85kg/mm springs. These are to cope with my delicate, petite body size you understand :wink: :^o :-dd
std 10... but will go to 15 when I get springs/oil done as i'm a bloater :lol:
Itching 2 go
21-04-05, 03:42 PM
wouldn't it me more insightful to break it down to curvey and pointy too?
I thought the standard fork setup used a 5wt oil :?
kern0079
21-04-05, 03:46 PM
wouldn't it me more insightful to break it down to curvey and pointy too?
Yes, but I am not that insightful :oops:
Standard forks use 10w oil and Slinky type springs.
I've now got Ohlins springs, Ohlins stickers (very important :lol: ), 12mm spacers and 15w oil (which is Ohlins too :oops: - but I did get it cheap).
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Itching 2 go
21-04-05, 04:03 PM
wouldn't it me more insightful to break it down to curvey and pointy too?
Yes, but I am not that insightful :oops:often the way, I am terrible for lack of insight :roll:
Cloggsy
21-04-05, 04:24 PM
This is helpful :wink:
<table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Rider weight (St)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Rider weight (Kg)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Spring rate (Kg/mm)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Fork oil</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">9 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">58 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.705</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">64 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.725</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">11 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">70 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.745</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">12 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">76 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.766</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">13 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">82 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.787</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">14 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">89 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.808</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">95 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.829</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w/15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">16 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">101 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.850</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w/15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">17 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">108 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.871</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">18 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">114 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.892</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">19 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">121 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.913</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15w/20w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">20 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">127 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="199">0.934</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="269">15w/20w</td> </tr>
Standard springs are 0.706Kg/mm & 10w oil I think :?: :shock:
Itching 2 go
21-04-05, 05:02 PM
This is helpful :wink:
<table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Rider weight (St)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Rider weight (Kg)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Spring rate (Kg/mm)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="200"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Fork oil</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">9 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">58 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.705</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">64 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.725</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">11 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">70 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.745</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">12 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">76 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.766</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">13 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">82 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.787</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">14 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">89 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.808</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">95 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.829</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w/15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">16 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">101 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.850</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">10w/15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">17 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">108 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.871</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">18 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">114 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.892</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">19 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">121 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">0.913</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">15w/20w</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">20 stones</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="200">127 Kg</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="199">0.934</td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" width="269">15w/20w</td> </tr>
Standard springs are 0.706Kg/mm & 10w oil I think :?: :shock:what no air gaps? how crap are you :roll:
Cloggsy
21-04-05, 05:04 PM
You'll have to speak to Elmer' for that :roll:
Itching 2 go
21-04-05, 05:05 PM
oops have I broken the server or is my pc playing uo?
Carsick
21-04-05, 05:14 PM
oops have I broken the server or is my pc playing uo?
Looks like you had html disabled in that post.
Itching 2 go
21-04-05, 06:00 PM
oops have I broken the server or is my pc playing uo?
Looks like you had html disabled in that post.yeah I did and have changed it now, so why is my avatar not in the avatar colomn?
Carsick
21-04-05, 06:06 PM
yeah I did and have changed it now, so why is my avatar not in the avatar colomn?
Err? Your avatar looks fine and is in the normal place.
Itching 2 go
21-04-05, 06:16 PM
yeah I did and have changed it now, so why is my avatar not in the avatar colomn?
Err? Your avatar looks fine and is in the normal place.well after my quote of clogsy every post has been indented by 1 colomn, i.e. my avatar and yours is now in the colomn for the main txt with a huge space beside it that is about a quater page wide. then the new post box is really small next to that. about a quaret page wide again. all the little buttons are then shuved really close together too. I can tell you its not my pc as I am nolonger on the work terminal that I originally posted on. so it must either be my settings which i doubt or the server which I also doubt :shock:
Itching 2 go
21-04-05, 06:17 PM
well it seems to be working fine now on this new page so ho hum.
anyway back to the main post about fork oil
Carsick
21-04-05, 06:18 PM
Same browser on both machines?
Anyway, it looks like it's caused by unclosed tags in the table.
I use 12.5W oil (50/50 mix of 10 & 15) with std springs, and spacers to set static sag to about 35mm on SK1 (without adjusters).
I didn't want to shell out on new springs, but found 15W too hard with the standard softies. I'm 12st and it works OK for me, not perfect but OK.
Anyway, it looks like it's caused by unclosed tags in the table.
That's the trouble with these amateurs - they pilfer the code I left lying about and miss a bit off the end. :lol:
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northwind
21-04-05, 08:07 PM
I don't think I'd agree with that table... I'm 11 stone geared and I'm running with the setup recommended for someone weighing half as much again... The Racetech site recommends far heavier springs too.
Damoulianos Marios
30-04-05, 05:11 PM
20W because I fitted cartridge emulators, and this is the oil needed. Wonderful!
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