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Front End Work....looking for suggestions
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:53 am
by haunter
I'm doing fork seals and oil this weekend on the 6. The front wheel is coming off to get new rubber and I'm slapping YZF750 6 pots on there while I am at it.
Anyone got good suggestions for a lil extra preload up front(spacer size/length). And maybe Fork oil weight suggestions?
my local dealer carries bel ray unsure of the weights they have though
Re: Front End Work....looking for suggestions
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:32 pm
by demon_knight69
as far as preload, someone else will probably be able to better answer that, i've heard anything from some big washers to pvc pipe. i don't have anything on mine. when i did my fork seals i put a heavier weight oil in. i believe stock is 10w, i can't remember if i put 15 or 20 weight in there. either way, it helped out a lot. of course i got used to the forks the way they were, and the left one had the busted seal so there wasn't a whole lot of oil in there, and lots of sludge
. so i'd say put 15 or 20 weight oil and see how that works out, it probably wouldn't hurt putting a little extra preload on there too. best just to experiment
i think dr rockso used some washers he picked up at home depot or something. maybe he can chime in here.
Re: Front End Work....looking for suggestions
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:51 pm
by yamaha_george
haunter wrote:I'm doing fork seals and oil this weekend on the 6. The front wheel is coming off to get new rubber and I'm slapping YZF750 6 pots on there while I am at it.
Anyone got good suggestions for a lil extra preload up front(spacer size/length). And maybe Fork oil weight suggestions?
my local dealer carries bel ray unsure of the weights they have though
H,
take a look at :-
http://www.saltmine.org.uk/fzr/fork.html
for the front end upgrade or you could try
http://www.saltmine.org.uk/kgb/suspension.html
for bog standard suspension setup