1ST Gen Fork Oil?

[GilliganJ]

As I was motoring along on my '84 Std I was really enjoying the ride when I noticed the only thing detracting from a perfect ride was that I seemed to be bouncing along like I was on a Hobby Horse this caused some weird thought process to begin something like.. so how old IS this fork oil? near as I can recollect it was from the last blown fork seal maybe 10 years ago, and could that have something to do with my dampening issues? Witch leads me FINALLY to my question for the resident experts! What are your recommendations for Fork Oil weight for an 84 Venture with 100,000 miles and progressive springs and how many CC's per leg do I need? or is it better to measure down from the top of the fork for oil level? But as I just finished typing all of this I had ANOTHER Thought! "search the forum and I may have my question already answered and I did! So never mind!, HOWEVER I am not about to waste all this typing with a simple delete key so here is my redundant question in all its glory! (I hope this didn't earn me to many "ignore" ratings!)

[Wizard765]

LOL the search engine is my friend....

[Trader]

1st post I read this morning....started my day with a smile!

[bongobobny]

Hehehehehehehehe!!!:banana:

[Flyinfool]

HAHAHA!!

 

But you are not going to share your findings so that the next person to use search will find this thread about fork oil with no info???

[Huggy]

GilliganJ wrote:

 

"HOWEVER I am not about to waste all this typing with a simple delete key so here is my redundant question in all its glory! (I hope this didn't earn me to many "ignore" ratings!"

 

Maybe there should be a prize at the next IR for who got the most "ignore ratings" for their post from the proceeding year.

 

[dacheedah]

We are from the office of redundancy redundancy

[Squidley]

10 wt oil

 

13.8 oz with stock fork springs

 

5" (roughly) from the top of the tube with the tubes fully collapsed with progressive springs installed

 

No use letting a thread go to waste