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too soft fork (crf150)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:54 am
by ship_killer6666
On my crf150F 2004, the front fork is REALLY soft, I can almost hear it "bang" when i drop 1 ft!!
the seal aren't leaking, I wanted to know if there is a cheap way to make my fork harder (with air or something)
thank you
ps: sorry if my english is .
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:52 am
by zak13
add more oil to your forks
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:06 pm
by ship_killer6666
how,
I mean, I'M TOTALLY NOOB in mechanic
I need to know which oil, how much it coast, how to add it into my fork
thank
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:19 am
by .sinner
First pull the forks from the bikes by loosening the triple clamp bolts and sliding the legs out. Then remove the caps from the forks and pour equal amounts of Honda SS-8 10W fluid in ($7). Its trial and error after that reassemble the forks and put them back in the bike and then test. Repeat the process until the forks are at the level you like.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:50 pm
by zak13
you can also buy a fork oil tool you can buy it here it looks like a syringe
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:46 pm
by zak13
also you dont have to take the forks off you can just use a wrench to get the top off and add the oil
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:23 pm
by ship_killer6666
thanks, ill try that
one honda ss-8 10w fluid bottle is enought for the two fork?
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:37 pm
by .sinner
It should be if your just adding fluid
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:29 pm
by zak13
if it doenst work get some race suspension
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:01 pm
by ship_killer6666
pay me the racing suspension then
I'm broke dude, Im 14 years old, no money, it's all gone when I bought my 150F
Re: too soft fork (crf150)
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:47 pm
by mustang
ship_killer6666 wrote:On my crf150F 2004, the front fork is REALLY soft, I can almost hear it "bang" when i drop 1 ft!!
the seal aren't leaking, I wanted to know if there is a cheap way to make my fork harder (with air or something)
thank you
ps: sorry if my english is
read this post on tt it will help you out a lot
http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1940565#post1940565
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:45 am
by zak13
ship_killer6666 wrote:pay me the racing suspension then
I'm broke dude, Im 14 years old, no money, it's all gone when I bought my 150F
im 13 and broke spent it all on my 100
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:58 pm
by zak13
i have a xr100r i boiught some oil and i want to know how much oil i shoul add to my forks i weigh 150 pounds
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 6:08 am
by ship_killer6666
I put 15W in the 2 fork, they really need it
now it is really hard
no chance to bottom out,
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 7:59 am
by zak13
its not good to put too much i just put too much and did a small jump and it feels like im bottomig out again bec my forks cant move up so now instead of being too soft theyre too hard but i took some out and now they are stiff but can still move a full stroke under a lot of pressure