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    How to find out the viscosity of a fork oil?

    How to find out the viscosity of a fork oil? I have gotten myself a quart of IP 20W fork oil The viscosity chart on 2 of its official documentation state it has a VI of 155 AND a cst@40 of either 45 OR 104 Im currently living in 20-25 deg C temps with mobil 1 racing 0W50/0W30 and redline...
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    High VI and durability in a front fork oil?

    As per title Theres a custom oil tuning shop near where i live that says they are capable of tuning VI indexes of 100-500 for hydraulic oils It says they are using mainly Group 4 PAO's As I dont acces to Silckolene RSF 15(VI= 235) and can calculate the viscosity that I want , i would like to...
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    Additives VS Up to date tech

    Have been using redline 5W40 for my dry clutch bikes for like a carton switched to my friends imported Mobil 1 racing 0w50 + 0W30 and Im shocked that the SN formula based redline gets trashed by quite alot . So... use up to date tech and oil? I did add modtc to the redline but still not as...
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    Additives to turn a motor oil into Gear/ fork oil

    Just asking as I have a stash of Redline 5W40 (SM) and a few additives from the shop : 1) X1R engine additve (EP, mostly chlorinated parrafins and a boron anti-oxidant/TBN ) 2)Militec-1 super expensive stuff 3)Redline Break-in (AW/EP, mostly ZDDP, i can get the PPM per ML) assuming I have...
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    Lubrizol Hyper Zdp?

    http://www.gf-5.com/gsuniverse/sitetemplates/gf5/flash_butterfly/greybox/loader_frame.html?s=0 http://www.gf-5.com/ its the lower left 2nd flash icon. says doesnt poison catalysts as much as conventional ZDP. Any takes on what its composed of?
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    IP F.A 20w fork oil MSDS accuracy?

    Bike i bought was filled with these fluids and has been a joy to ride for 5000 miles but when i went to their website to look for data (for an oil change) the data here: http://www.ip.gruppoapi.com/component/docman/doc_download/68-ip-fa-sae-20w-sds shows a 45CST @ 40 deg C and here...
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    Too much ZDDP?

    grabbed a bottle of redline break in ad decided to play home chemist... mixed 3ML to each litre of MO on my ride. wala, instant (?) results, errr... just a quieter ride actually... fast forward to a week ago and after an OC added the same dosage ... and my ride feels dumbed downed. Too...
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    Gas pump lubrication?

    Long story short some [censored] family member bought a FI model of a bike that from my google-fu , is prone to .. gas pump overheating. I'd say t was a design problem but how on earth do you prevent the premature death of a poorly designed gas pump using modern gas additives?
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    Ohlins Front fork Fluid data? (VI, CST@100 etc)

    DOes anyone have the data for the ohlins 5.10.15.20WT fork fluid data? the CST@40 alone is useless for me to determine the right range for my bike which use damper rods and operates at 20-30 degreees range. Thanks in advance if anyone can spare me some data ^^
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