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Old 07-24-05, 07:42 PM
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Replacing Fork Oil With Motor Oil ?

god I hope I dont get laughed off the board for this.

I heard recently that you can use conventional motor oil in place of fork oil, is this true? if so aside from the weight difference what would be the benefit?
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Old 07-24-05, 07:50 PM
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heard it from Rick (Richard) Doucette Dumb Ass
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Replacing Fork Oil With Motor Oil ?

i was right there when he said it. normally I'd say , but then I was thinking the same thing when he said he ran teens on a SV650 with stock motor and a STOCK rear shock, until I looked at this race bike to confirm it.
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Replacing Fork Oil With Motor Oil ?

When DuHamel was running the ZX-6D with Muzzy, he once said that they used ATF for fork fluid in those units.

The forks had no adjustments, and ATF worked great.

As for motor oil? I would run that by Pete first....
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