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The Confusion that is Fork Oil
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<blockquote data-quote="raesewell" data-source="post: 1361080" data-attributes="member: 88474"><p>I got in touch with the FJR Club workshop here in the UK and they sent me the Motorex Racing Fork Oil 2.5W which has a viscosity of 14.6</p><p></p><p>and it feels just the way it did with the Yamaha original oil. The FJR Club workshop did some extensive research and found this to be the closest to the Yamaha 01.</p><p></p><p>Of course if you want your suspension a bit stiffer or even looser you now have the information to make an informed choice. If you go for an oil within 5 or 6 Centistokes of the original it can be dialled in or out with the adjustment, much over that and the fork internals will struggle to cope. The tube diameter and the size of the valve will only work within certain parameters. So you can go up or down in weight a bit to suit your needs, but not too much. As I found out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raesewell, post: 1361080, member: 88474"] I got in touch with the FJR Club workshop here in the UK and they sent me the Motorex Racing Fork Oil 2.5W which has a viscosity of 14.6 and it feels just the way it did with the Yamaha original oil. The FJR Club workshop did some extensive research and found this to be the closest to the Yamaha 01. Of course if you want your suspension a bit stiffer or even looser you now have the information to make an informed choice. If you go for an oil within 5 or 6 Centistokes of the original it can be dialled in or out with the adjustment, much over that and the fork internals will struggle to cope. The tube diameter and the size of the valve will only work within certain parameters. So you can go up or down in weight a bit to suit your needs, but not too much. As I found out. [/QUOTE]
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