roadworthy
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Reged: 08/29/07
Posts: 8887
Loc: St Louis MO
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Since I hit 30,000 on the bike this week, I figured it would be a good idea to change the fork oil since I've never done it. The only time I even opened them was to change out the springs with progressive ones, and that had to be about 20 thousand miles ago. I know I've read posts about what weight to use, some say 10 and some say 20, some ay to mix the two... I managed to find some 15W fork oil, so maybe I'll tackle that this weekend. It's going to be like a million degrees here anyway, and I've been wanting to take the forks off to polish them again, so this works out well. I plan on just turning them upside down and pumping them a couple times to get all the juice out, anything else I should know?
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oldroadie
Check Pants
Reged: 05/05/07
Posts: 5976
Loc: Alabama USA
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Might let them hang upside down overnight because some of that oil is sludge now and it just won't drain fast.
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roadworthy
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Reged: 08/29/07
Posts: 8887
Loc: St Louis MO
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how often should I have been changing it? 
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roadworthy
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Reged: 08/29/07
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Loc: St Louis MO
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never mind, the manual says every 24000 or 4 years... I'm a little behind 
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Zmilin
Saddle Sore
Reged: 03/02/07
Posts: 5109
Loc: Sammamish, Washington - USA
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every 24k per the Triumph Manual. I do mine every couple years since the first time I did it.
When I upgraded springs (after about the first year) I drained them and even at low mileage a lot of gunk came out.
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roadworthy
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Reged: 08/29/07
Posts: 8887
Loc: St Louis MO
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well mine should be rather disgusting then
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Keith
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Reged: 03/21/09
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Loc: BC, Canada
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Quote:
well mine should be rather disgusting then
Mine too. 
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The_Dog33
Fe Butt
Reged: 02/01/07
Posts: 17010
Loc: NE PA USA
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I don't think I ever changed fork oil if there was no other reason to take them apart like needing new seals or something.Mine has been in there for 8 years now.
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arstaren
Loquacious
Reged: 07/23/07
Posts: 3482
Loc: Southeast ,Iowa, USA
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I've got 41 K on mine now and am feeling bad about not changing the fork oil.
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bigbill
Worn Saddle
Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 6140
Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I don't think I ever changed fork oil if there was no other reason to take them apart like needing new seals or something.Mine has been in there for 8 years now.
Occult. I'm sure of it.
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