Suzuki V-Strom (VStrom) Owners Club DL250, DL650, DL1000 & DL1050

V-Strom specific discussion => V-Strom specific discussion => Topic started by: Scottyd024 on October 18, 2018, 22:58:00

Title: Just joined, front fork question . L7
Post by: Scottyd024 on October 18, 2018, 22:58:00

1000 l7 fork oil weight and height oem , any better setup??

Title: Re: Just joined, front fork question . L7
Post by: porter on October 19, 2018, 10:02:23

What are you trying to do, firm them up or reduce the harsh damping?
I've tried a few things with not much success.
My forks ( on a 2014) had what looked like 7.5-10w oil as OE and a 120mm air gap.  Changed to 5w and 135mm and Hagon springs, never felt right, high at front, back to OE springs and while better it wasn't  worth the effort really. 
There are two other threads on the first page here discussing it.

Title: Re: Just joined, front fork question . L7
Post by: MartinW on October 19, 2018, 10:03:19

First Post ! - Head over to INTRODUCTIONS (https://www.v-strom.co.uk/smf/index.php?board=57.0) and say hello !

Title: Re: Just joined, front fork question . L7
Post by: Fat Rat on October 19, 2018, 10:56:52

In his defence, he did post this post in Introductions (I moved it).

Title: Re: Just joined, front fork question . L7
Post by: MartinW on October 19, 2018, 11:02:45

 lol

Title: Re: Just joined, front fork question . L7
Post by: Scottyd024 on October 19, 2018, 13:31:39

Cheers porter just servicing them just wanted to know standard I'm kind of happy with it standard. So 120mm air gap with say 10w ? Sorry still learning and learning site brilliant info in here can't believe a haven't joined sooner . Cheers : :stirpot: