Author Topic: what fork oil to use? (Read 2901 times)

alhuggy · « **on:** August 25, 2006, 10:44:38 AM »

I am going to fit some Progressive front springs to my 96 b12 and was wondering if I need to uprate the fork oil as well as I will be changing it anyway or just stick with standard?

kedeg_97B12 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2006, 05:02:06 PM »

I believe that progressive recommends 10Wt, besides anything is better than the stock fish oil.

Ranger · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2006, 11:46:58 PM »

alhuggy · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:58:01 AM »

going to stick with standard thickness as recommended on the instructions which is 10w

Bazza · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2006, 06:09:12 AM »

I did the same mod on my 2002 and used 10w. My dealer recomended 5w.

I should have listened! The 10 w oil makes the ride a little rough.

andrewsw · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2006, 01:14:23 PM »

if you have too much damping you can have problems with bumps in cornering cause the bike won't stick to the road right...