Fork Oil

[Tig]

Does anyone have the details of how much Fork oil each leg should have and how much please ?

Alternatively should it be measured from the top with the fork spring removed and if so what height should it be ?

Also the best weight oil to use.

Thanks

tig

[Miti]

Hi Tig;

If I'm reading the Marzocchi Fork Manual correctly; pg 7 states the oil is SAE 5 and pg 25 states 400cc per leg, but feel free to double check that...

A litre of 5W fork oil will run you anywhere between £10 and £15... Loads of different brands to choose from...

The Marzocchi manual also describes how to change the oil on an assembled fork leg...  They still want it off the bike though...

Hope that helps

Jeff

[Tig]

Perfect, I will go with that....

Thanks Jeff

[Rob B]

My MHR and SSD and also the Jota all have the same forks as the H but DUCATI and LAVERDA quote 250ml in their handbooks of AGIP F1 ATF or DEXRON or equivalent.

That doesn't help much does it!

Cheers,

Robert

[Will F]

Cant remember how much oil,but I saw sae 20 weight oil but my forks were too stiff so it's got 2.5 racing oil in and works a lot better,best wishes Will

[MICK]

sae 5w or 10w if you are a heavy bastard touring in the italian sun and 250cc to 300cc if my memory is anything to go by
What was the question?

[Will F]

Heavy bastards are better off using a hayabusa for Italien sun!love my Hesketh for shorter rides 1000 miles max in a week,seems too precious to beat on long mways

[Dave Snr]

Hesketh Owners Manual details the method of fork oil changing, including the warning  to do one leg at a time - if you remove both filler plugs, the forks collapse!
Manual says 250cc of oil per leg and SAE10.
But I've always found the front forks a bit stiff, so use SAE5 which fits with Mick's advise.

Dave H