Well , the light bar I bought for the Harley didn't fit on the Savage very well . I got it mounted ,but the new lights were not in line with the original light ... the new ones were way way out in front ... so much so that the original light would have bounced off the back of the new lights and reflected like mirrors .
So , off it came and I put the original stuff back on. While I was tapping some 6mm threads into the bottom of the triple tree to mount the light bar on ... I had the forks out of the triple tree and hung upside down draining .
I looked in my shop manual to see how much oil to put back in and was sort of surprised at the recommended amount (14.9 oz) ...
Then went looking on Utube to see what other folks do for fork oil changes. Come to find out (best I could figure), the amount of air space is just as important as the amount of oil.
I had to go get some "Fork Oil" anyway so ... I went to Lynchburg Choppers where Versey got that Regulator last summer. The guy (Pat) does a lot of moto-cross and works on bikes all the time. Well first thing Pat ask was : You want a Cloud Ride or a Sport Car Ride ?
I thought about the floorboards dragging on NC. 28 down near Fontana area and said Sports car !
Pat fixed me up with 16oz (each) of 20-w fork oil.
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I took the Savage for a twisty ride late this afternoon !
the sagging/diving front end is gone ! and , it don't bounce too bad on ruff stuff either !
So , I'm wondering ... why did I wait so long to "tune-up" the front end !
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If this needs to be moved to Rubberside down , I'm Ok with where ever it lands.