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Offline redrider1940

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What fork oil?
« on: August 27, 2019, 03:24:31 PM »
my front end seems a little bouncy. I have no idea what oil is in the fork now so I drained it and I am wondering what others are running?

Offline BigJimG

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Re: What fork oil?
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2019, 05:46:15 AM »
You'd probably get more responses in the general forum, but to answer your question, the factory service manual calls for ATF.  In my '75F model, I used ATF+4 since I drive mopar products and that is what I had on the shelf.  I know others have experimented with different fork oils, if you search the site, you'll find plenty of different answers.

Probably the most important thing is getting the oil level correct.  Too little and it will be bouncy, too much and it may be too stiff.
1972ish CB750 Chopper Project
Yet another CB Chopper frame
1972 CL175
1973 CB175
1975 XR75
1975 CB750F
1976 CB750F1
1977 CB750F2
1978 CB750F3  (apparently, now I have a full set...)
1991 XR80