soggy front end

[hutchy]

Hi everyone , just looking for some help. I want to change the fork oil but there doesn't seem to be a drain on the fork legs so do I have to take off the legs and drain them upside down through the top caps? also I want to stiffen up the front end a wee bit so would using 10 grade fork oil help? cheers........Hutchy

[Bill Jurgenson]

Skorpion? Baggy?

you have to take off the leg and empty it out at thru the top.

Heavier oil make it more sluggish , not stiffer.
Less air column, i.e. more oil makes it stiffer.

[kendo]

I changed the fork oil on my 02 Baggy to 15 weight and fitted longer preload spacers to the forks and it made a huge improvement to the way the front end feels.

Hope this helps,
Kenny.

[AtomicSpew]

The guys at Sonic Springs can set you up with a pair of stiffer springs...Just ordered a pair (yet to install), but I swapped out my springs with Sonics on my VStrom and holy moly what a difference! I hold faith that the same will be true of the Baggy once I get around to installing them...

[hutchy]

thanks for the help.........hutchy