oil,fork

any one know where I can go on a sunday or monday to get fork oil?..I was going to start assembly on my bike sun..but atlas I dropped the ball and forgot to get fork oil..none of the automotive stores sell the stuff...sunday monday are my days off and the days the cycle shops are closed around here :evil: anybody with a tip...I feel the need to rideeeeeeeeeeeee :twisted: thanx ridz 8)

 

C,mon somebody dont let this die ....Anybody.....drats :!:

 

Got no good hardware stores around that carry powersports stuff? They usually stock fork oil.

 

feel like im fishing....Thanx for the hit...Thats a splended idea...I hope it works. Thanx atlus...More ideas keep them coming gents...

 

Dont know if the auto parts stores will have it or not. Advance auto parts here has a small engine section with bike stuff in it. They may have it. Just ask. They carry stuff like the spark plugs and motorcycle oil though. Worth a try. I found my fork oil at the steelership. I think 12.00 for a quart. Expensive stuff but worth the extra for the stuff. I got the 15w. A little stiffer than stock. Figured it couldn't hurt.

 

Wish I had a suggestion here, but there IS a lesson here...........

The need to ride and the opportunity lost will not go easly forgotten.

Wish I could tell you to just use trans fluid or something but you need to do this right!

So Tuesday stop and pick up some oil on the way home from work and be ready to ride next weekend (days off)

Good Luck there

 

Hey hvnbnd, havent seen you in a while. I just wanted to ask you if you ever had to shovel wet coal..I went to a boiler class and they showed how coal system works...They also showed what happens when coal gets wet in the staging area...well c-ya l8tr

 

Hi Ridz, if you work in a dirt burner, you have shoveled coal.
Now I just stay in the control room.

The worst thing is when it gets wet and pluggs the chutes.
When I was doing that kind of work I came up with an impact chistle that had about a 3' handle on it. That really worked!

Where's that land of milk and honey at?

Got a vacation coming up, going to Omaha and see my kid, then to take my wife and show her the Presidents, then to Yellowstone then back to AZ

 

Ridz, Hvnbnd,
I know Ridz works at a power plant, you to hvnbnd? from the sounds of it you both are at coal fired plants? I work at a gas fired plant.

 

FWIW, my manual states that 10W30 motor oil can be subbed for fork oil. Not sure if you can do that with the 85 Maxim X but its a shot in the dark. cruzerjd

 

Motorex do a 10w/30 fork oil, just ordered some for my 1980 XJ650. Never previously looked for or seen a multigrade fork oil. The original spec. was 10w/30 motor oil.