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Is you have taken the forks apart and changed the fork bushes, ie forks are totally dry, you will need about 520ml in each fork leg. When refilling and will the springs removed, add about 550ml per leg, the stroke the forks numerous times to expel any excess air. Then with forks compressed the oil level should be adjusted to 119mm from the top of the fork to the oil, ie the air gap to the oil. The add springs and spacers and reassemble.
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hello crazypete...2-8 psi. is norm for the front forks...
442.5-447.5cc.(14.99-15.16oz.) is the fork oil capacity for each leg.
If your riding style is more on the aggressive side and do heavy braking, you can bump the air up a few pounds to prevent the nose from diving so much....i suggest not going over 30psi, because it will wreck the forks. The shop manual says 43 psi is max...i would never put that much. Hope this helps. Ride safe.
All Honda VT1100C models require 449cc (15.2 oz) of fork oil per fork leg.
However, the VT1100C2 requires 482cc (16.3 oz.) of fork oil per leg.
Honda recommends using SS-8 fork oil.
Try draining a very small amount of oil from each fork leg, there should be a small screw at the bottom of each fork leg for draining oil. See if you can let out the same amount of oil from each leg, i would start with about 30ml from each one. Make sure the front wheel is jacked up off the ground, so the oil wont come out under to much pressure. Apart from that, yes change the oil, but put less in, that will make it softer, its not so much the oil weight, but more so how much oil you put in, less for a softer ride.
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