by fourstroke » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:29 pm
Hi,I am 14 stone with riding gear on and good expert grade at enduros in centre, motocross i am a good junior in centre.My old cr250 has good forks which i have never had to do anything with apart from oil seals and oils.so i know how to strip and refit the forks.
The forks on my new crf feel horibly,I have removed the standard oil and replaced with a good 5 wt oil.and i then lowered the oil level to 375.
The forks seem very stiff right from the start and i seem to be only using the first 4 inches of travel most of the time.
To get the forks down any further is real hard work,and they need to be pushed real hard.
I rode at the weekend and it seemed that the bottom 4 inches of fork had not been used as once i had gone through some bogs it has left the mud on the lower section of the forks.
It seems to me that something is not quiet right inside the legs?
any ideas welcome.
Stephen