Fork oil ?

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Fork oil ?

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Is there any maintenance needed of the forks of an RT ?, I mean they gave oil in them I guess ?.
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Not part of the scheduled maintenance procedure. The BMW Front Forks are not conventional in that the Oil contained therein is to" Lubricate" the Slider / Bushes only. There is no Hydraulic Damping requirements placed on the Oil so presumably is does not degrade like in conventional Motorcycle Forks. At least that's what I think !.
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I noticed that that’s why I asked, bmw not good!.also have no maintenance schedule for the drive shaft lube 🤣!. Not good!.
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Re: Fork oil ?

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I recently changed seals and oil on my forks but only because I wanted to repaint the lowers. This was at 35k miles - it was pretty clean but less came out than the recommended quantity.
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