MACHINE TUNING 4-5
OIL QUANTITY MINOR ADJUSTMENT
ADDING THE FORK OIL
• Remove the air bleeder valve
1
.
• Add the fork oil with a injector from the air bleed hole.
REDUCING THE FORK OIL
• Remove the front forks. (
18-5)
• Remove the air bleeder valve.
• Leaning the front fork, reduce the fork oil from the air bleed
hole.
Front fork tuning procedure (
4-10)
99000-99001-SS5: SUZUKI FORK OIL SS-05
or equivalent
Front fork air bleeder valve: 1.3 N·m (0.13 kgf-m, 1.0 lbf-ft)
* The fork oil quantity must be adjusted equally on
both fork legs to provide equal performance.
* Operating the motorcycle with the fork oil quantity
unevenly adjusted can cause handling instability.
* Never mix different types of fork oil. Different oils
may cause chemical reaction and deteriorate.