Fork Oil Advice

JohnnyCanuck

Supercharged

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Dec 28, 2010

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360

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Vancouver, Canada

• May 10, 2012

• #1

I'm having Progressive springs installed this weekend. Any suggestions on fork oil? Triumph manual suggests 0W in specs section and recommends 5W in the front suspension section. I was thinking maybe going up a tad to a 10W for better handling. Any thoughts?

 

natural275

.040 Over

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Feb 23, 2012

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Location

Bakersfield, California

• May 10, 2012

• #2

I am also having the Progressive fork springs installed with bottoming cone extenders and am wondering the same thing. Would a heavier oil improve performance for a relatively heavy rider (280-290#)? Recently added the Hagon Nitro shocks; now really looking forward to having the front end done but it's better already.

 

atomsplitter

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Keller, TX

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• May 11, 2012

• #3

I used 7.5 when I installed the Progressive springs. Motul. Seems OK for the last 3 years.