fork oil Harley Sportster & Buell Discuss fork oil in the Motorcycles forums; how often do you change the fork oil?? and how do you do it?? had the bike about 4years now and haven't had it done. until i found out the ...

[tat2ed]

how often do you change the fork oil?? and how do you do it?? had the bike about 4years now and haven't had it done. until i found out the shop i was going to wasn't doing a satusfactory job i had them do the work now i want to do ALL the work on my scoot. i also want to look into adjusting my primary chain, i checked the fluid and it seems like the chain has too much play in it, prob close to a 1/2in. you can hear it kinda ratteling when you first start it.

[evoKENevo]

Hi, tat
We're all here to help with whatever whenever we can...but ,the BEST advise given to every new D.I.Y.'er here is to invest a relatively few bucks in a FACTORY shop manual for YOUR make/model. It'll tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about how to maintain,repair or rebuild your bike the RIGHT way...and save you more $$$ than you paid for it the 1st. time you open it. Oh...and don't "chinse" on the Clymer or Haynes ones...'cuz those guys publish "tech-text" for everything for all kinds of stuff and I've found the info and/or diagrams for the WRONG whatevers mixed up in just about every one of their books ever used.

[Bigincher]

Ditto to Uncle's recommendation on the Harley Service Manual. You'll find everything in there, and you'll also find that routine maintenance is pretty simple stuff.