fork oil 30wt ?

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fork oil 30wt ?

Post by pwmotorsports » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:25 pm

okay so racce tech recomend 30wt fork oil iver never seen anything more than 20wt anywhere does this sound right to you ?

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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by Mincehead » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:04 pm

Fork oil viscosity `weights` run up to 30 indeed, some forks (older designs) even use straight 50w engine oil!
You might find this interesting:

http://www.peterverdonedesigns.com/lowspeed.htm

As for getting hold of 30W fork oil?
Use Opie Oils, we get discount from them as forum members :wink: :

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-802-30w.aspx
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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by pwmotorsports » Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:16 am

cheers bud shall have a look through it all

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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by Kayla » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:59 am

In a fit of desperation a few years ago, I used a 10/30 two stroke gearbox oil in my FZR400 forks. It worked really well :D Mind you, that was probably just due to replacing the dirty water that came out with actual oily oil.
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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by dandywarhol » Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:17 pm

Next to Whitham, you look like a man who could use 30 weight 8)
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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by pwmotorsports » Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:46 pm

well im only 6,5" and 130kg he is very small though :oops:

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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by pwmotorsports » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:50 pm

the forks feel much better with 30wt in them and hagon springs

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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by BBB » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:15 pm

Next to Whitham, you look like a man who could use 30 weight
...or a ventriloquist.

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Re: fork oil 30wt ?

Post by Baasm » Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:36 pm

I have now 20wt oil in my forks. And it does his job verry well!
Stock is 485ml in each fork. Now i have added 510ml. This makes it also al lot better.

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