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oil for TM400 forks
« on: July 02, 2012, 01:40:18 pm »

Anyone got a hot fork oil set up for the TM400. Is it worth doing the PDS valve thing, I had some Racetech ones in my Harley and it handled worse.  ::)
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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 01:48:54 pm »

Anyone got a hot fork oil set up for the TM400. Is it worth doing the PDS valve thing, I had some Racetech ones in my Harley and it handled worse.   ::) 

Bullshit a harley couldn't possibly handle worse no matter what you did to it  ;D

As for your TM just get out and ride the thing  ;) hold the gas on and it will handle fine as is  :) after those hardleys you like it will seem like a factory racer even with flat tyres  ;D

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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2012, 01:56:18 pm »
as an indepent opinion ask brentj on this forum.and what bill said.
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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2012, 01:59:58 pm »
I fitted Yamaha forks to my TM......Solved everything.
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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2012, 02:26:29 pm »
So let me get that straight if I fit the Harley forks it will work better.

Any thoughts on oil quantity ?
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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2012, 02:58:29 pm »
Marc if its an L or M model start with 210cc per leg earlier ones start at 190cc per leg  :)

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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2012, 03:02:13 pm »
Marc if its an L or M model start with 210cc per leg earlier ones start at 190cc per leg  :)

thanks Bill 190cc of Hypoid it is then  :o  Harley Davidson actually does a performance fork oil that flows like Golden Syrup so I might go with that.
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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2012, 03:17:00 pm »
You should end up with around a 105mm air gap  ;)

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Re: oil for TM400 forks
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2012, 06:58:48 am »
You should end up with around a 105mm air gap  ;)

thanks for that, I will try em stock first, they might work better now the 2 inches of sludge at the bottom has been flushed out.
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