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K2-K6:
SAE 30 is about the pactical max before they start feeling harsh so take your pick. Think all the brands are quite good now but always used Bel-Ray in moto-cross as it stayed good during high demand / heat, but also like Motul.

It's good to have a bit of drop as you roll off the throttle for a corner as the head angle tightens on compression or else the steering feels even slower. I find if you go much over 20sae that starts to slow down noticeably and the steering start too feel odd:- forks go down slower so you feel initially that you have to turn it harder then compression peaks later and you start "thrupenny bitting", if that makes any sense.

Plus too high SAE and it starts to stutter on bumps as the bike rather than the forks move up.

sim2011:
I'm using Fuchs Silkolene SAE 10 in my 750K3 , it should be back on the road tommorow so I'll let you know what it behaves like.

PMK:
I got 4 x 1 litre bottles of Morris 20W for a good price from good old ebay.

So I'll use that and see what happens

Do we want a fork strip by numbers article?

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