2014 Softail Fork Oil Change

[DuckRyder]

FSM says “rebuild fork and change fluid” at 50,000 miles, no other change interval for fork oil is mentioned.

Bike rides fine, suspension is perfect - or as perfect as a softail gets.

Any good reason to do it sooner than 50,000?

 

[BigCahuna]

I changed the fluid on my '05 Road King at 42k miles. It drained out looking like water, and stunk. I feel it road better with new oil in it. Maybe Harley figured most people would never put that any miles on a softail.,,

 

[KrisZ]

It's good idea to change the fork oil, but I don't think many bikes specify an interval. Maybe some super sports with finely tuned suspension?

My bikes don't have an interval either, just inspection for leaks and stuff. If you need to open up the forks, then you change the fork oil.

 

[GMBoy]

I changed my Softail Deuce fork oil somewhere around 10k miles and it was a day/night differernce afterwards. Never did it on my Ultra Classic and its at 20k miles.

 

[DuckRyder]

To bring this to a close, I did not change it.

I was doing a 10.000 mile service and just did not feel it was warranted, I'll revisit that at 20,000.

Thanks all.

 

[benjy]

OE fork fluids are generally a CHEEP fluid, just like many original lubricants in most vehicles!!