How many miles do you go before you change your fork oil?

Mrs. Colleen · 04-15-2009, 11:47 PM

Did mine at 38K because I was upgrading the springs and the cartridge emulators...plus the seals were leaking a bit. Hubby thinks the oil had not been changed before that...

Rsv1000R · 04-16-2009, 10:34 AM

I had mine done about 5,000 miles, and they're due again @15,000 miles. The guy who did them, gave me a little glass vial of oil, after it settles it has 3/8" of metal powder in the bottom. That was after 5,000 miles. Now I don't know how he sampled the oil, but it has a lot of metal in it.

Gas Man · 04-16-2009, 04:24 PM

That metal is usually (and hopefully) all from the bushings.

Rangerscott · 04-18-2009, 12:23 AM

The bushings should have a teflon coating. If there wasnt any on them then you got problems.

Even though the oil in my left fork was crude oil, the bushings looked brand new.

04-16-2009, 04:24 PM	#3
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04-16-2009, 10:34 AM	#2
Rsv1000R WERA White Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,059	I had mine done about 5,000 miles, and they're due again @15,000 miles. The guy who did them, gave me a little glass vial of oil, after it settles it has 3/8" of metal powder in the bottom. That was after 5,000 miles. Now I don't know how he sampled the oil, but it has a lot of metal in it.

04-18-2009, 12:23 AM	#4
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	The bushings should have a teflon coating. If there wasnt any on them then you got problems. Even though the oil in my left fork was crude oil, the bushings looked brand new.