Fork oil - if not Ohlins, then what?

[R6_kid]

My fork seals need replacing asap, and thought I'd treat myself to some Ohlins fork oil - but at $70 for a 1L bottle I'm convinced it's been extracted from the frozen hulk of a Woolly Mammoth and while I know the price is justifiable, as a poor student I can't really afford it right now.

Can anyone suggest a good quality alternative?

[vifferman]

My fork seals need replacing asap, and thought I'd treat myself to some Ohlins fork oil - but at $70 for a 1L bottle I'm convinced it's been extracted from the frozen hulk of a Woolly Mammoth and while I know the price is justifiable, as a poor student I can't really afford it right now.

Can anyone suggest a good quality alternative?
WTF?!? (Whatever the fook WTF?!? means). I was charged only $51-ish dollars by CKT - obviously a bargain then. BTW (whatever that means) - it's not woolly mammmoth oil - it's BabyLesbianAfghaniFurSealPenguinWhale oil. Not quite as rare, but because it's on the WWF (WTF?!? another ferkin acronym!) protected species list, it's more expensive and exclusive. Very slippery too. :yes:

[Robert Taylor]

My fork seals need replacing asap, and thought I'd treat myself to some Ohlins fork oil - but at $70 for a 1L bottle I'm convinced it's been extracted from the frozen hulk of a Woolly Mammoth and while I know the price is justifiable, as a poor student I can't really afford it right now.

Can anyone suggest a good quality alternative?

Maxima 7wt racing synthetic has a similiar centistroke rating and is of decent quality

[R6_kid]

Cheers! :2thumbsup

[Coldrider]

I bought BelRay for 30 bucks, better than the catweazle piss that was original.

[chelseapar]

I constant use Mobil 1 15W-50 for motorcycle. It very good

[Coldrider]

Not if you need 10W.

[chelseapar]

Only utilise Mobil 1 15W-50. Very good. Make drive good. Me use long time past.

[R6_kid]

This is for forks, not for the motor. Robert Taylor is NZ's resident Ohlins expert so it's fairly safe to say he knows what he is talking about.

[CookMySock]

$70 is probably the cheapest hot-up there is. Just buy it. It's not like it's $700, and even if it was it would probably be worth it too.

Steve

[meowmix]

This forum thread (http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=390797) has a link to fork oil information. Pretty interesting.

[White trash]

Only utilise Mobil 1 15W-50. Very good. Make drive good. Me use long time past.
Bet that makes the ol' NSR go mint. :)

[EJK]

I constant use Mobil 1 15W-50 for motorcycle. It very good

try WD-40. It very good too.

[The Pastor]

bet that makes the ol' nsr go mint. :)
you have to mix it with 2 stroke oil first! 25:1