uchi

What weight forl oil is in the the forks? Were goinna run a heavier oil but aren't sure what's needed.

revhead1957

If you do a search you will find that there is a few opinions about this subject. It largely depends on your riding style and whether the springs are std or modified.
It might pay if you downloaded the manual as well, as the answers for your questions about std settings are there too.

uchi

I'm on my blackberry with the guy doing work to my bike so its not feasable to download a manual or to wait for the search which is why I asked. Otherwise I would have searched.

drew_c14

Hope you're not paying the guy, and why would you take you bike to someone to have work done without doing your home work first. Sounds like **** poor planning to me.

Tweety

Homework first, tinker later... Sounds like my mom...

But I agree... It keeps from ending up in ditches...

uchi

no no the bike is staying there for a week or so. i traded him one of my mountain bikes for a bunch of work that i didnt want to do and a brake upgrade and such and we decided to swap the fork oil while looking at others things that can be done, but needed to find out what it was.it wont be getting done for a few days but this was my way of doing my homework. ill check the manual and see what it says

Stevebis1

Uchi - check this out. Looks like silkolene @ 7.5 wt is common.
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...light=fork+oil

uchi

thanks steve, appreciate the link, gonna pass along the info to my guy and see if thats all he needs. also is there a way to shim the springs a little?

mboe794

Turn the preload adjuster clockwise,

comedo

According to the manual, the recommended fork oil for unmodified forks is Pro-Honda suspension fluid SS-8.

uchi

yeah it helped some but not enough the guy doing the work is gonna see i he can score me a deal on some springs for the bike. see what he can come up with

Stevebis1

If your springs are still OEM then the preload adjustment does very little. The OEM springs are compound springs, preload or any possible shimming will just result in compressing the low rate section.
The collected wisdom of this forum says that replacing the springs with a heavier linear rate model is the way to go. I gave my forks to Greg (Hawkrider) to rebuild. Heavier rate springs was one of several things he did. Only had it done last week so I havn't ridden much, but so far it feels great

uchi

Good to hear. Thanks for the info. Hopefully we can find a heavier springs locally for a good price.