crankcase
New Member
I got my forks serviced a couple of months ago, and the shop used Motul 15W oil. I didn't think much of it until I felt the front was super stiff, leading to instability under braking and understeer when cornering. I checked the specs, and turns out it's rated at 58.1 cSt, which is nearly 4 times the viscosity of the stock Yamaha oil (15.6 cSt)!
I looked into getting them serviced again with a lighter oil, and let's just say it's more $$$ than I want to spend right now, since I'm also trying to solve a bunch of other problems with this bike.
So what I'm looking for right now is any suggestion for a baseline setup that would turn this into a liveable setup (reasonable balance of ride on city roads, stability, handling). I backed off the preload and compression all the way in order to soften it up, but while it has helped it's not fully solved the problem - I had the forks bottoming out while still not giving me the comfort/stability I wanted.
Any idea what I could do? Even general ideas are welcome, e.g. "medium preload, soft compression, medium rebound" (just pulling stuff out of the air here).
(Just to be clear - I'm NOT looking at getting into the forks myself to check the oil level or change stuff. It's just not something I'm keen or confident to do. If I really can't find a workable setup, I'll have to take it in to a more trusted workshop to service, but I'm hoping it won't come to that)
Thanks in advance for the help!
I looked into getting them serviced again with a lighter oil, and let's just say it's more $$$ than I want to spend right now, since I'm also trying to solve a bunch of other problems with this bike.
So what I'm looking for right now is any suggestion for a baseline setup that would turn this into a liveable setup (reasonable balance of ride on city roads, stability, handling). I backed off the preload and compression all the way in order to soften it up, but while it has helped it's not fully solved the problem - I had the forks bottoming out while still not giving me the comfort/stability I wanted.
Any idea what I could do? Even general ideas are welcome, e.g. "medium preload, soft compression, medium rebound" (just pulling stuff out of the air here).
(Just to be clear - I'm NOT looking at getting into the forks myself to check the oil level or change stuff. It's just not something I'm keen or confident to do. If I really can't find a workable setup, I'll have to take it in to a more trusted workshop to service, but I'm hoping it won't come to that)
Thanks in advance for the help!