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Old 26-05-08, 06:40 PM   #4
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Default Re: Fork oil change

I have a curvey. Best way is to remove each fork leg and turn it upside down to drain. Remember to loosen the top cap before undoing the yoke clamps.

I understand the desire to minimise cost, I went the route of trying slightly heavier oil first and washers to adjust the ride height or "static-sag" (cheapest option).

However I finally did get round to fitting stiffer springs to suit my weight and boy what an improvement. If you can stretch to it, new springs and normal weight oil is a much better solution, trust me (T-shirt for sale). I think Hagon are about the best value for springs at the moment. I'd suggets at your weight about 0.8kg/mm would be ideal, 0.85 will do and wouldn't be too stiff. (standard curvey is 0.709kg/mm, yours will probably have relaxed a bit by now too). Somewhere round £70 should do it, springs and oil, I believe.
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