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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Morris" data-source="post: 134871" data-attributes="member: 3648"><p>Thanks all for the replies. I have been ‘experimenting’ with different weight oils. I spoke to Bob at VOC spares and he suggested fork oil, which kind of makes sense, but the weight will vary according to rider/riding style etc. I had some 5w racing fork oil, too light, damper has very little damping quality. Then some 10w. This felt OK, but wanted to try 20w. To be honest the 20w made the damper feel far too stiff in my opinion, I’m 14 stone and will only ever ride solo and not quickly, so I went back to 10w. I think that feels kind of right. The acid test of course is riding the bike, and now I’ve changed the rear damper oil I will need to do the same in the front, so I’ll let you all know how it feels.</p><p></p><p>The second part, the worn damper, I had a chat with Steve at Maughans. He does supply oil it’s bushes for this very problem, So it looks like that’s the route I’ll be taking, not sure if I may just send him the damper lower body so he can just ream and bush it yet, I want to do it myself but don’t have a decent reamer of the correct size so I’ll have a think about that one..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Morris, post: 134871, member: 3648"] Thanks all for the replies. I have been ‘experimenting’ with different weight oils. I spoke to Bob at VOC spares and he suggested fork oil, which kind of makes sense, but the weight will vary according to rider/riding style etc. I had some 5w racing fork oil, too light, damper has very little damping quality. Then some 10w. This felt OK, but wanted to try 20w. To be honest the 20w made the damper feel far too stiff in my opinion, I’m 14 stone and will only ever ride solo and not quickly, so I went back to 10w. I think that feels kind of right. The acid test of course is riding the bike, and now I’ve changed the rear damper oil I will need to do the same in the front, so I’ll let you all know how it feels. The second part, the worn damper, I had a chat with Steve at Maughans. He does supply oil it’s bushes for this very problem, So it looks like that’s the route I’ll be taking, not sure if I may just send him the damper lower body so he can just ream and bush it yet, I want to do it myself but don’t have a decent reamer of the correct size so I’ll have a think about that one.. [/QUOTE]
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