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Generally Japanese bikes are always a bit under sprung for the weight of the average Japanese person. I always upped the oil weight a bit when rebuilding forks. If you think you’re gonna overhaul them completely, @Jung isn’t wrong, emulators made a LOT of difference.
That’s until you get bored and switch completely to cartridge stuff.
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Fork oil is a interesting fluid and people have lots of opinions.
I mentioned ATF as that was the oil specified on my super (wet) dream honda of a similar age but that was almost 30 years ago and the bike was shit.
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lynx
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@lynx that's the fork oil weight that's supplied with the kit when ordering most classic Honda parts distributers, so I'm guessing it is correct.
@Jung the suspension is soft, but I'm guessing it always is on these old CBs. The bike has covered only 14k miles, so hoping that the aren't worn out.