Hi my 2010 cbr has almost done 10k miles, I was wondering if its worth while doing a fork oil change or maybe some other recon of the forks. Im not sure if im getting handling issue, I don't really have much to compare it against, this is my 1st litre bike. If I would benefit from an oil change, can some one recommend a good place in or around west London, M4/M3 corridor ? thanks
Not sure about a place to get them serviced but its recommended they should be serviced and fork oil changed every 7500 road miles.
Not very. As long as you are competent in removing your front suspension and have the stand to do so and some suspension tools then it is easy. If you have none of these then best left to a dealer.
Can i ask y they have to be done every 7500 miles?? Seems really excessive to me?? Me R6 done 55k miles in 4 yrs n none of the forks or shocks needed attention, even the bloke who bought the bike couldnt fault the suspension either And wot idps the rypical cost of said fork oil changes???
The suspension oil has a very hard life, it has to lubricate and cool the suspension when you ride the bike, thousands of oscillations a ride believe it or not, and it breaks down like any other oil that has a life on your bike. It also contains all the small particles of metal that your forks produce due to friction of day to day wear . Leaving contaminated oil that has become broken down to shear factors in a wear environment is not good for longevity of said forks .Racing fraternity change their fork/shock oil per race .
Cheers Pete, didnt know any of that, guess i shud do. Am guessing any competent mechanic / bike garage can do it n you dont have to go to Honda?? just wish i had the budget of a race team!!
Makes a big difference I can tell you even on a new bike. I run synthetic 10 weight oil and compared to the original Honda stuff it transforms the handling by 80%.
I should have taken a picture of the oil that I changed recently in my forks at 5K miles and it looked like cats P*ss and was bad!!
So with that am in mind am guessing a yearly change of oil will be really useful, cheers dude, ill get mine done at 7500 or after a yr whatever is first
