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The Confusion that is Fork Oil
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1360553" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>I had never noticed the changes before this thread, but going back through all of the specs that I've accumulated I now see that the Yamaha 01 suspension fluid was only the specified fork oil for 1st Gens. For all second Gens from 2006 thru 2012 only Ohlins R&T43 in the specifications charts. And now all 3rd Gens (both A and ES) the charts specify Yamaha M1 suspension fluid.</p><p></p><p>We know from Verdone's published info that the Yamalube 01 Fork oil is ~ 15 cSt at 40F. And from <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiBuefTqIbTAhWL14MKHVObAOwQFghqMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohlins-rooske.nl%2Fdocs%2Foil.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEbRR6N2G2i2IZIsJsMhfOzfyiB1Q" target="_blank">Ohlins' web site</a> we can see their R&T43 is close to that at 19 cSt. So, all three fluids may be very much alike. But it is also possible that the M1 is different from the others in some way since the forks were radically redesigned in 2013. The A model forks went to a single sided damper, and the ES is a totally new design.</p><p></p><p>We really do need to know more about the M1 stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1360553, member: 3828"] I had never noticed the changes before this thread, but going back through all of the specs that I've accumulated I now see that the Yamaha 01 suspension fluid was only the specified fork oil for 1st Gens. For all second Gens from 2006 thru 2012 only Ohlins R&T43 in the specifications charts. And now all 3rd Gens (both A and ES) the charts specify Yamaha M1 suspension fluid. We know from Verdone's published info that the Yamalube 01 Fork oil is ~ 15 cSt at 40F. And from [URL="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiBuefTqIbTAhWL14MKHVObAOwQFghqMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohlins-rooske.nl%2Fdocs%2Foil.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEbRR6N2G2i2IZIsJsMhfOzfyiB1Q"]Ohlins' web site[/URL] we can see their R&T43 is close to that at 19 cSt. So, all three fluids may be very much alike. But it is also possible that the M1 is different from the others in some way since the forks were radically redesigned in 2013. The A model forks went to a single sided damper, and the ES is a totally new design. We really do need to know more about the M1 stuff. [/QUOTE]
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