Front forks
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Front forks
Hello All,
I have a 09 Electra Glide and am wondering if draining a little oil out of the front forks would help the ride? It seems to me that the front can be quit harsh on sharp bumps and the front certainly does not ride as smooth as the back with 5 psi in the shocks. How much oil would you recommend I drain? Air pressure is at 32 psi front, 40 psi rear.
Thank You, Bob
I have a 09 Electra Glide and am wondering if draining a little oil out of the front forks would help the ride? It seems to me that the front can be quit harsh on sharp bumps and the front certainly does not ride as smooth as the back with 5 psi in the shocks. How much oil would you recommend I drain? Air pressure is at 32 psi front, 40 psi rear.
Thank You, Bob
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are they back to air shocks on the front? if it were me, i would drain all of the oil out of the shocks and replace with a higher viscosity oil. type e is equivalent to 10 wt, se heavy is equivalent to 20 wt. some folks do a 50/50 mix to get a 15 wt. i went with the se heavy and am quite pleased.
do a search for iclicks post on how to easily and quickly change fork oil.
do a search for iclicks post on how to easily and quickly change fork oil.
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are they back to air shocks on the front? if it were me, i would drain all of the oil out of the shocks and replace with a higher viscosity oil. type e is equivalent to 10 wt, se heavy is equivalent to 20 wt. some folks do a 50/50 mix to get a 15 wt. i went with the se heavy and am quite pleased.
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Thanks to all for the replies. To clarify, I was just wondering if maybe the factory might have over filled the front forks creating this harsh ride on the front. Ive only got 1000 miles on the bike so maybe the forks arent broke in yet. Is that also a possibility? I'm an average size man and I can't make them compress any by locking the front brake and rocking the bike.
Thanks, Bob
Thanks, Bob
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forks stiff ...
I changed the fork oil in mine when I installed the race-tech kit in the forks. I'm still not very happy though. The stock Harley forks just plain suck a$$. I'm getting ready to match up my Ohlins shocks with a Traxxion fork kit. www.traxxion.com or a x-factor kit from www.motorcyclemetal.com . A little pricey, but so far, all good reviews on both. Good luck, but don't remove oil from your forks. It wasn't overfilled from Harley, more than likely.
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