larrydr

To be honest I have never used synthetic fork oil so I really can,t say much about it. As a rule i do not tend to lean towards synthetics as I believe oil does not wear out but gets dirty. A fact pointed out to me by a Shell research worker I once knew. Having gotten over 300,000 miles on many engine on Dino oil and often running oil 4 times as long as recommended only changing the filter regularly I see no point in the added expense. Plus I find in these old bikes as I did try synthetic once in my 89 that the engine is much noisier on synthetic than on regular Dino oil which seems to do a better cushioning effect on the moving parts were lash is involved  

My personal favorite for the forks  is Bel Ray, Have been using it since my motocross days in the late sixties on all my bikes. On my bike I use the high performance 10W

Also I can see were some oils may not be compatible with the seal material. The other possible cause is something not put together right and getting a  wear condition between two rubbing parts not installed correctly.

I  rode the bike for about 10 minutes and put it back in the shop and it has sitting the same spot for 3 months that is when I noticed a oil leak (  O- Rings )  on the brake system

My goodness that’s horrible.  We actually have TV commercials and UHP will run campaigns and put up “secure your load” on the digital overhead signs.  The landfill even charges double if it’s not secured or covered, so it’s nice to know there is growing awareness.  This happened in my town just a few years ago 

We only have one chance at it to make our load is secure . 3 years ago my wife, son and grand son were in a car heading down the trans Canada highway , when a pickup truck pulling a trailer loaded with metal pulled onto the highway just a head of them .  The trailer  hit a bump coming of the shoulder and 2 foot by 2 foot piece of metal came of the trailer and bounced across the lane into a truck then came back into the car my family was in ( no one was hurt ) ..Fortunately the metal hit the front of the car and deflected itself under the car ..It  wrecked the transmission and sub frame and made holes in the floor of the car 2 inches from the brake pedal and continued to make 16 by 10 inch in the rear  floor where my son and grand son were  sitting  .. .M.P.I  insurance said to me that the metal not going into the care was rare ...

This happened about 9 pm at night .  I got a call on my cell call from my wife , she was crying ..I asked where are the RCMP  Police ..She said that the police had not arrived  yet ..I called 911 and asked for help , got into my truck and started to drive to the location ...1 1/2 hours away ...When I got there the rear of the driver  side of the car was on the highway and front was on the shoulder .. I got my wife , son and grand son into the truck and waited ..Made a call to CAA as the RCMP had not been there ...Put the hazard flashers on , called for the police and i was told that they we coming , I said then that I was leaving with my family in my truck  ...I made 4 calls to find a tow truck to come out before I found one that would come out   ..I still wonder why the RCMP were not there by that time ...

That’s some pretty bad police response.  So thankful that nobody was injured.  I don’t use it often around home but my Garmin GPS I bought for when on business travel has a dash cam which is pretty awesome.  I haven’t needed it for an accident but rewatching some near misses is interesting.