Fork oil on Storm - Page 3

goat67 · 05-19-2019, 09:54 AM

Great waiting to hear on how it feels. What weight oil are you using?

I need to do something as it really dips when braking right now.

Duggo · 05-19-2019, 11:31 AM

Bashan Storm will take 300 ml of 15W fork oil. It's official, I've done it.

I'm not a good enough rider to tell you how it rides. I just bought the damned thing a week ago and have assembled it and changed the fluids and whatnot. I've got a grand total of 28 Km of riding experience.

goat67 · 05-19-2019, 12:08 PM

Good to know, Good luck and have fun with it.

Megadan · 05-19-2019, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Duggo

Bashan Storm will take 300 ml of 15W fork oil. It's official, I've done it.

I'm not a good enough rider to tell you how it rides. I just bought the damned thing a week ago and have assembled it and changed the fluids and whatnot. I've got a grand total of 28 Km of riding experience.

Now, if it needs 300ml is a different question. the level of air gap left in a fork once you seal it back up will have an effect on how it rides. as the suspension compresses, so to does the air inside of it. The more it compresses, the firmer it gets - this is known as the air spring effect.

Let us known how it rides once you put some more distance on it. You don't need to be an experienced rider to make observations in simple terms.

wedooit · 05-21-2019, 10:03 AM

How is the project coming along? Get it back together and on the road?

Duggo · 05-21-2019, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by wedooit

How is the project coming along? Get it back together and on the road?

I got it back together, but it's been snowing and I haven't test ridden it yet. It snowed 3 inches last night.

ChipToothy · 05-21-2019, 12:53 PM

I did 250ml of synthetic atf fluid on my Storm. It changed nothing, the stock oil was nearly crystal clear and slightly thicker than the atf. I believe the brake reservoirs and forks were filled with the same quality dot 3 brake fluid. They are identical in every way.

ChipToothy · 05-21-2019, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Duggo

I got it back together, but it's been snowing and I haven't test ridden it yet. It snowed 3 inches last night.

It’s been 85 here everyday. Mosquito heaven!

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goat67 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 525	Great waiting to hear on how it feels. What weight oil are you using? I need to do something as it really dips when braking right now. __________________ 2016 Brozz
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goat67 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 525	Good to know, Good luck and have fun with it. __________________ 2016 Brozz
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wedooit Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 794	How is the project coming along? Get it back together and on the road? __________________ A family that works together, plays together, shoots and trains together, and sleds together, stays together. Second amendment! SkiDoo sleds, NOW 2 TTR225, and a BMS250. A couple of quotes (we are not farmers) "I don't get off the farm much" "Am too old school" I call the china bikes "the china syndrome".
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ChipToothy Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 819	I did 250ml of synthetic atf fluid on my Storm. It changed nothing, the stock oil was nearly crystal clear and slightly thicker than the atf. I believe the brake reservoirs and forks were filled with the same quality dot 3 brake fluid. They are identical in every way. __________________ Bashan Storm: Ebay steel exhaust wrapped, folding shift lever, seat mod, vm26 carb, air pod, dual led scrambler headlamps, windshield mod, led brake/tail light, secondary led brake light (swingarm), Ebay 295mm rear shock, back up CDI (racing unknown), oil cooler, digital gauge cluster,
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Duggo Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Colorado Posts: 47	Bashan Storm will take 300 ml of 15W fork oil. It's official, I've done it. I'm not a good enough rider to tell you how it rides. I just bought the damned thing a week ago and have assembled it and changed the fluids and whatnot. I've got a grand total of 28 Km of riding experience.
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