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oil change front forks
#1
my cb is a cb1100 SA year 2014, from the workshop manual it says:

FORK FLUID CAPACITY:
CB1100 / A:
495 ± 2.5 cm3
(16.7 ± 0.08 US oz, 17.4 ± 0.09 Imp oz)
CB1100SA right fork
506 ± 2.5 cm3
(17.1 ± 0.08 US oz, 17.8 ± 0.09 Imp oz)
CB1100SA left fork:
434 ± 2.5 cm3
(14.7 ± 0.08 US oz, 15.3 ± 0.09 Imp oz)

why two different sizes?
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#2
I believe its because one side is for compression and the other for rebound and the internals are not the same.
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#3
Yea- it is not uncommon for bikes to use different tuning in each fork- allows them great control.
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#4
Somewhere on the forum there is an extensive discussion of the different fork sizes. It might be worth a search.
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#5
(12-05-2020, 01:37 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Somewhere on the forum there is an extensive discussion of the different fork sizes. It might be worth a search.

ok, I'll start looking
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#6
Enzofour, this may have been the one I was thinking of, http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3773
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#7
(12-06-2020, 04:09 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Enzofour, this may have been the one I was thinking of, http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3773

thanks Cormanus,
I still don't understand why different springs and spacers.
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(12-06-2020, 08:05 PM)Enzofour_imp Wrote:
(12-06-2020, 04:09 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Enzofour, this may have been the one I was thinking of, http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3773

thanks Cormanus,
I still don't understand why different springs and spacers.

thanks Cormanus,
I still don't understand why different springs and spacers.
Perhaps to avoid two springs with the same natural frequency working in parallel in the same assembly.
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