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    Quote Originally Posted by dipshit View Post
    Anywho... so how dependent is this rebound fork mod on the 5 wt Ohlins oil..???

    If I was to get a fork oil change, would any 7.5 wt fork oil be still be within working range?

    No mate, Ohlin's is best and consistent
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaun View Post
    No mate, Ohlin's is best and consistent

    Bugger, that was a waste of $160. I hate it when mechanics don't do what you ask... and they think they know best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dipshit View Post
    Bugger, that was a waste of $160. I hate it when mechanics don't do what you ask... and they think they know best.


    ASk for your money back then dude, IF you asked for Ohlin;s Oil?



    also, Don't ask the internet and so called knolegable people mate, email Robert at CKT direct for a factual awnser
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    Different brands of oil all too often react against one another. Unless you start with completely dry components, INCLUDING cartridge strip two differing brands of oil can often end up creating a gummy sludge. We have seen this time and time. Its surprising how much oil a cartridge still retains, as well as that trapped inbetween the inner and outer sliders

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    I had rung the motorcycle shop a week ago to sound them out (the mechanic was supposedly one of the better suspension guys in the south island) and told him that the forks have had a re-valve from CKT/Robert Taylor and did he have or could get Ohlins fork oil for a strip and clean and new oil.

    I then asked the workshop foreman again in the morning when I dropped the bike off if they had Ohlins oil - "Oh yes"... though I din't ask the mechanic who was doing the job, but he was the guy I had talked to the week earlier. And with the CKT Ohlins sticker on the forks and Ohlins shock on the back... you would of thought.

    But no, when it came time to pick the bike up... Ohlins oil... phfff, oil is oil... it will be fine...

    from the job card and what he told me, it has some Motul Expert 7.5w oil in them now.

    Will this be ok till next winter, or would they need a strip and new Ohlins oil again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dipshit View Post
    I had rung the motorcycle shop a week ago to sound them out (the mechanic was supposedly one of the better suspension guys in the south island) and told him that the forks have had a re-valve from CKT/Robert Taylor and did he have or could get Ohlins fork oil for a strip and clean and new oil.

    I then asked the workshop foreman again in the morning when I dropped the bike off if they had Ohlins oil - "Oh yes"... though I din't ask the mechanic who was doing the job, but he was the guy I had talked to the week earlier. And with the CKT Ohlins sticker on the forks and Ohlins shock on the back... you would of thought.

    But no, when it came time to pick the bike up... Ohlins oil... phfff, oil is oil... it will be fine...

    from the job card and what he told me, it has some Motul Expert 7.5w oil in them now.

    Will this be ok till next winter, or would they need a strip and new Ohlins oil again?
    Some oils dont react, impossible to say if the Motul will react with the vestiges of Ohlins oil that will have still been in the forks. On its own its in fairness an excellent oil. To not put too fine a point on it there is a lot of misunderstanding or should I say total ambivalence to this issue where differing brands of oil can react against one another. Out of sight out of mind.....

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