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with daylight burning
I decided to throw in some fork oil and go for a spin...

and so I grabbed a bottle and started pouring,
wow this Motul 5W is light,
runs in like water,
and smells hmmm like ....
brake
fluid .............

you didn't!?

As we are fond of saying down here in southern parts, "Shiddabrick".
There's always next weekend, Mal.

Mal, moments like these forced me to come up with a saying for myself.

"The only thing that brings my brilliance undone is my baffling stupidity"

Not saying that is applicable here tho'

Mal S7 wrote:with daylight burning
I decided to throw in some fork oil and go for a spin...

and so I grabbed a bottle and started pouring,
wow this Motul 5W is light,
runs in like water,
and smells hmmm like ....
brake
fluid .............

Hmmm there was a gust of a turbulent northerly around then! How loud did you swear?!

Yeah 'ken oath did I swear! Sudden scary thought:- the dumbest thing I ever did, might yet to be.

Best to try and get that over and done with huh.

Always make the most out of a situation tho' Mal.

You may be able to balance your carbs with your forks.
A bit like tuning forks really.

So how did it ride? Just consider this a test of very light oil in your forks. What can it hurt?

George Ryals wrote:So how did it ride? Just consider this a test of very light oil in your forks. What can it hurt?

Thanks for making me feel better George. Fork-oil in the brakes, on the other hand ......

I drained the legs. Now struggling to replace the stripped damper nipple. I have spare damper rods,... but can't get the nipples to undo, even with heat. This was meant to proceed quickly ....

yeah, drain and replace 'should' be a pretty straight forward procedure (w no lasting negative consequences)... when we did my mate's 100s forks we had an issue w a broken nipple - freakin' PITA! i hear the fireman has 'heaps' of 'em - might be a quicker/cheaper alternative source.
good luck!