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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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My heritage forks are very harsh and every small bump feels like a rock.I changed the oil and put in 15w fork oil.
I weigh 165,would a lighter oil help this.
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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If you really want to soften it up the lighter oil would help just a little better yet would be to get in the fork itself and figure out how to modify the exsisting asssembly and get some of the preload off the stock springs to soften the thing up.....What would really be awesome would be to contact Race Tech and get a set of springs and gold valves to match your lighter than avg Harley guy weight!

Heres a good article with a link to Race Tech:http://www.ridermagazine.com/output.cfm?id=2129617
 
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Just installed HD heavy fork oil (15W). No problems, the streets are in good shape and I try to miss the bumps. Could be something in your front end oil can't fix. I ride a 1995 Evo Heritage. Good luck with smoothing things out..
 
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