steve Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi, Could anyone please tell me the grade and quantity of oil to use in the forks from a TLR 200 please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filis2xtreme Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 207cc in each leg.ATF or SAE 10W fork oil that's from Clymer manual,maybe check other sources just to be sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 (edited) 207cc is for the TL125, the TLR200 should have 295cc according to the Honda workshop manual. And don't use ATF, use proper suspension fluid. Edited June 10, 2004 by t-shock 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted June 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Thanks guys. Just bought them off EBAY for a project bike, hope they will work ok, they're Showa so I figured I couldn't go wrong. I used to ride a mates RTL and loved the forks on that, are these the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 I use 295cc in each leg of A.T.F in my TLR 200 find it better than 5wt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g4321 Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 ATF is roughly 7.5weight oil according to Honda The oil capacity of 295cc +/- 2.5cc in each leg is for rebuild only - when you change the oil you should set the oil level since inevitably there will be some oil left. Honda manual quotes the oil level fully compressed with spring removed as 118mm from top of fork leg The RTL forks and TLR forks are not the same. The RTL forks are lighter & slightly shorter They can be identified by a waisted profile rather than straight profile Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 TLR 250 forks also have a waisted profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g4321 Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Mistake on my part Correct info below - I should have checked what each set of forks are rather than rely on memory! I have a TLR 250 with RTL forks - hence the confusion ATF is 10 weight oil according to Honda - I have also been told its 7.5wt - but it depends on who you speak to and what bike you have! For TLR's The oil capacity of 295cc +/- 2.5cc in each leg is for rebuild only - when you change the oil you should set the oil level since inevitably there will be some oil left. Honda manual quotes the oil level fully compressed with spring removed as 118mm from top of fork leg The RTL forks and TLR forks are not the same. The RTL forks are lighter & slightly shorter The TLR forks have a waisted profile while the RTL forks have a straight profile. The TLR forks are single spring while the RTL forks have 2 springs. Interestingly Honda quote SS7 oil for RTL forks - this is 5wt oil, originally they quoted SS8 oil - this is 7.5wt. Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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