1995 Kawasaki zx6r front forks oil capacity?

[dave]

I replaced my fork seals and fork oil. How much shock oil should be used in
each front shock? 95 zx6r. I may have filled them too much. About half a
quart in each fork. My ride is extremely hard now with all settings set to
softest. How can I remove some oil? I bought the bike used and don't have a
manual yet.

thanks for any help
dave
da...@gate.net

[Larry Villemaire]

Each fork on the '95 to '97 ZX-6R has a capacity of 381 mL +/- 4 mL when
completely dry, or approx. 325 mL when changing the oil. The fork oil
level - fully compressed, without fork spring, below from inner tube top is
150 mm +/- 2 mm. Fork spring free length is 389.9 mm (service limit is 382
mm).

Hope this helps you.

Larry
'98 Honda VTR 1000F (street)
'96 Kawasaki ZX-6R (track)

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[Mark Dzik]

dave <da...@gate.net> wrote in message news:8crqr0$218e$1...@news.gate.net...
> I replaced my fork seals and fork oil. How much shock oil should be used
in
> each front shock? 95 zx6r. I may have filled them too much. About half a
> quart in each fork. My ride is extremely hard now with all settings set to
> softest. How can I remove some oil? I bought the bike used and don't have
a
> manual yet.
>
> thanks for any help
> dave
> da...@gate.net

go to www.buykawasaki.com and look under "vehicle information". They have a
whole spec sheet for all their recent motorcycles, atv's, jetskis etc. Fork
oil capacity and level is present on that sheet.
Hope that helps
--
Mark
98 6R
Confucious says: "Those who drop watch in toilet have shitty time."

[Erik Astrup]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 02:01:06 -0400, "dave" <da...@gate.net> wrote:

>I replaced my fork seals and fork oil. How much shock oil should be used in
>each front shock? 95 zx6r. I may have filled them too much.

How did you decide how much oil to put in in the first place?

>About half a quart in each fork. My ride is extremely hard now with all settings set to
>softest. How can I remove some oil? I bought the bike used and don't have a
>manual yet.

You better get that corrected ASAP. You can easily blow some seals.
And at worst, you could end up in a crash.

Do yourself a favor, get the service manual and read up on how to do
this correctly. It involves measuring the oil level with a yard stick,
not just dumping in oil.

Be careful out there!

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