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  • Birthday 06/17/1953

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    Ben Bennink

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    2309 Fassel Ave

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    Burlington

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    ON

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    Canada

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    Riding Horses and Motorcycles, Camping, Fishing, Canoeing, Carpentry & Fabricating.
  • Bike Year and Model
    (2) 1989 Venture Royales, 1975 CanAm 250 TNT

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    truck and trailer technician

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  1. larrydr

    @saddlebum ..what you think about using synthetic fork in the 83 Venture front forks ..

    I did a repair on my forks on my Venture and I did use synthetic fork oil on refill ...

    I noticed a leak coming from bottom of the fork , the bike sat for 3 months and has not be on the road .

    The drained the oil to repair the leak , and it was black , black ,black .

    I then flushed fork 3 times with little improvement on color , would you use synthetic oil or non synthetic fork oil

    And is there a compatibility problem with oil and seals

     

    1. saddlebum

      saddlebum

      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 10W20210722_180509.thumb.jpg.d0aa4f67a90b2a762a70c1edc8b19b5e.jpg

    2. saddlebum

      saddlebum

      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.

    3. larrydr

      larrydr

      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

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