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Okay, First off, if anyone else has one maybe they can help me..

I can find the gas/shut off.. if there is one?

after I get past 6-7 grand.. the tac just bounces back and forth from 11 to 6 or so..

when I hit a bumb the front fork makes a huge loud thump.. sounds like there's no compression in the shocks and itsjust bottoming out?

you probably have no oil in the shocks and your fork seals are probably gone. You need to replace the fork seaals and fill up the fork tubes with the right volume of fork oil. Get a haynes or clymer manual for your bike and it will tell you the dismantling procedure.

i wouldt recomment riding without oil in the front forks... too risky and bad handling. if you have a vacuum petcock, your gas flow is always shutoff when the engine is off. You need to turn it to "pri"(prime) to drain the tank.

anyone know how to find out the right amount of oil? or how to measure it? someone told me at the top of my forks there is a place to pour it in?

Mr_X wrote:anyone know how to find out the right amount of oil? or how to measure it? someone told me at the top of my forks there is a place to pour it in?

do your forks have the adjustment screws on them? maybe you have them set to hard or soft? i had mine set to hard and hit a big sudden bump and bottom them out hard, i since softened the front forks and havent had a problem.

Before you pur oil into it, check to make sure that the fork seals aren't busted, or you'll just have oil coming out of it again and possibly running down your fork legs into the brakes or tire!!!!!!

seals are fine I think? like there's no visible oil on the front fork at all.