[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by Azhule

First time I used Havoline full synthetic ATF (about the same as a 5w or 7w "Fork Oil"), several hundred miles later I did them again, this time with Mobil 1 ATF (again comparable to about a 5w or 7w "Fork Oil")... going to go another few hundred miles and do them a third time*... again with whatever (synthetic) ATF I have on had

I'm a lighter rider tho (only 120lbs) so I don't normally need the thicker/expensive weight "Fork Oils"

* Just trying to clean out every last drop of the crap oil from the factory... so every few hundred miles (about 800 or so) I will change out the oil until it starts to come out as clean as I put it in... when I drained out the Havoline it was already gray/black/nasty/chunky looking and that synthetic oil barely had 800 miles on it

Thanks, I was going to use 10w fork oil but haven't found any locally yet. I'll more than likely go with the synthetic ATF for the first oil change. My last off road trip I bottomed out the forks a few times.