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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #15 - 07/05/12 at 19:44:19 Hey, Teach,, you do know theres a dot on the tire thats sposed to line up with the valvestem, right? They check tire balance & mark the lite spot & by putting it with the stem its on its way to balanced, .. or so I hear,, maybe someone else will chime in?>
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braveteacher Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 154	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #16 - 07/05/12 at 20:21:31 LOL good stuff...made me laugh...thank you...
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braveteacher Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 154	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #17 - 07/05/12 at 20:24:30 Justin...yes my father in law told me to line the mark up with the valve...but apparently with a Kenya tire you are supposed to put that mark on the other side...he made fun of me for using 3 oz of weights...says I have to break the tire down again and slide it around on the rim...live and learn....
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #18 - 07/05/12 at 22:43:54 live and learn.. Yea, so they say,, I gotta tell ya tho,, I was really hopin by this point in life I would stop with the painful/expensive lessons..
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #19 - 07/06/12 at 03:27:23 Awesome!! Can't wait to see how this turns out! Though, have to say in stock trim the orange/black tu-tone LS650 is certainly one of the nicest looking Suzuki has ever put out!
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teabowl13 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 535	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #20 - 07/06/12 at 03:54:06 WOO HOO!! My daughter is only 2&1/2, but she loves puttering arond in the garage with me a whole lot. I call her "My Little Pit Crew" and I'm sure theres a project like this in our future... Outstanding!
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braveteacher Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 154	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #21 - 07/06/12 at 21:20:54 Page 3 - great day in the garage http://suzuki-s40-ratbrat.weebly.com/page-3---front-forks.html
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #22 - 07/06/12 at 21:38:10 I noticed you put different oils in each shock. I'm not sure why you'd do that. Just because you can use ATF doesn't mean it's the same viscosity as the factory oil. You should use the same in both.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #23 - 07/06/12 at 22:04:46 Cavi Mike wrote on 07/06/12 at 21:38:10: I noticed you put different oils in each shock. I'm not sure why you'd do that. Just because you can use ATF doesn't mean it's the same viscosity as the factory oil. You should use the same in both. +1 yep, going to have different dampning, gonna cause problems.
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braveteacher Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 154	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #24 - 07/07/12 at 07:01:37 I don't think the oil will cause a problem...I think jamming the springs down in the forks will cause more of a problem with a rough ride...if there is a problem...I know how to fix it...
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Reply #25 - 07/07/12 at 11:53:18

You mite not be able to feel it, but if the viscosity is different in the tubes, one side will come up easier than the other, & that will tend to thingy the sliders in the top tube a little, I would expect a short service life from the seals,
But,, I really dont have much experience in such matters,, thats just my imagination working on a mechanical ( potential) problem,

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Reply #26 - 07/07/12 at 20:53:30

So, I went & asked some guys who have Mucho Experience,,& heres what one of them had to say,.,

Modern forks use one side for compression damping, and the other for rebound.
Since things are not equal to begin with, I see no ill effects from a different lubricant in each leg.
Presumably his aim was a performance improvement, and perhaps he achieved one.

So,, Ride on Brother,, Ya done allrite there,

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braveteacher Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 154	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #27 - 07/07/12 at 22:17:51 Same thing my father in law said...We will see...I might have to pull it off again anyways because I don't think I like the placement of the clip on's...if I do I might just go ATF in both...
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Reply #28 - 07/07/12 at 23:05:08

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/07/12 at 20:53:30:

So, I went & asked some guys who have Mucho Experience,,& heres what one of them had to say,.,

Modern forks use one side for compression damping, and the other for rebound.
Since things are not equal to begin with, I see no ill effects from a different lubricant in each leg.
Presumably his aim was a performance improvement, and perhaps he achieved one.

So,, Ride on Brother,, Ya done allrite there,

So, I guess if a guy had 2 sets of forks , & both of them had the left tube bent & you built up a pair out of just the right side, you would either have rebound or compression damping & be scratchin yer head wonderin What the Hekk???
I had no idea one side handled one job,,

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braveteacher Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 154	Re: 2011 S40 Reply #29 - 07/08/12 at 06:09:09 I dont think that is true...when taken apart...they look identical.
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