[ST] re: RaceTech oil weight

[Erik Miner <Axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JIM: Racetech has changed their recommendation to 15wt. Based on my 
experiences, I currently have a 50/50 mix of 10wt and 15wt.. which is 
almost right.. I can say with 100% certainly that 15wt should be the 
ticket. Also having spoken with several suspension folks they have 
ALL recommended the Ohlins fluid has having the best properties that 
one looks for in a fork fluid, stable viscosity, super low foaming , 
zero fade and long life.. and it doesn't cost anymore than other top 
brands. Also and this is just my own feeling I think that the 
emulators should be set back to 1.5 turns. I think that with the 
thicker fluid which will also slow down the compression stroke a bit 
that it would help quicken up the fork action to reduce the emulator 
turns a little, just a little. I don't feel that this will at all 
compromise the compression making it bottom more easily, just make it 
soak up small sharp edged bumps better. Additionally from looking at 
LOT's of other Racetech setups it seems that 2 turns is a kind of 
base line that Racetech recommends for EVERYTHING, sort of one size 
fits all. I also would say that the fluid level be kept at the 125mm 
that is recommended, I currently have 120mm , 5mm higher to decrease 
the air bubble and I think it it's wrong, makes things too stiff..


HTH,
Erik


> >  From: Erik Miner <Axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/23/2001 10:52:
> >  Yes that would be me.. The top pick is.. drum roll... Ohlins 15wt
> >
> >  HTH,
> >
> >  Not Yet Beemer Erik :-)
>
>
>	I'm just curious how you arrived at that conclusion. My forks presently
>have 1.00 Kg/mm springs and emulators with 2 turns of preload. The original
>RaceTech paperwork said 5w oil, which I've heard is a typo. I rode two
>RaceTech'd ST's before doing mine and decided on 7w oil, but have since
>concluded that's not enough rebound damping. My bike is presently in the shop
>for 12k service and I asked them to change the fork oil to 10w to 
>try that, but
>may go to 15w depending on your response.
>
>Thanks,
>
>	"Jedi Dawg"  Jim Huber
>	'00 blue ST  "Rhiannon"
>	'01 red SV650S  "Cherii"
>	Spring, Texas, USA
>
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