Motorcycle Fork Oil Grades

Recommended for use in motorcycle forks and shocks for road off road and competition use.

Motorcycle fork oil grades. Why does my fork oil have a weight. It provides protection against wear corrosion and to minimise the effect of foam or air entrainment in the fork. Fork oils are graded depending upon their viscosity and load carrying capacity. Get it as soon as wed sep 30.

Viscosity refers to the oil s thickness the higher the rating say 50 weight the heavier or more viscous the. The logic applied here is that a good fork oil should have a vi rating of at least 150. For example a pulsar could use a less viscous oil while the hayabusa will need a highly viscous oil to balance that load of the heavy front fairing and engine. A typical oem 15w40 running in oil will lose 12 7 part of the reason it needs changing after just 600 miles while a pure fully synthetic ester base oil will lose just 5.

Your order may be eligible for ship to home and shipping is free on all online orders of 35 00. Atf was rumored to have better anti foaming properties than fork oil and a 1 50 quart bottle of atf was of course much cheaper than 20 for a pint of marzocchi s oil. Consumers like to shop for oil by weight. 4 7 out of 5 stars 18.

Order fork oil for your vehicle and pick it up in store make your purchase find a store near you and get directions. So the motorcycle industry took the ssu vi measurement and converted it to weights based on the same scale used by the sae. The first thing most folks think about when they consider oil is its viscosity. A cheap base oil sn 100 in the graph below loses 29 of its weight during the noack test.

More buying choices 12 55 22 new offers. Maxima 59901 10 165 150 grade 10wt zero drag formula racing fork fluid 1 liter. The minimum level required for a motorcycle oil to reach jaso ma is 20. Check here for special coupons and promotions.

Compared to the marzocchi 7 5 wt i found i had to increase the z1 fork damper aduster in slighlty towards the firmer direction to keep the same damping feel after changing to atf.