Well, I need info on fork oil. I installed black rubber fork boots on the savage tonight. As I was getting ready to put the forks back in I set them up against the work bench and walked away.  Believe it or not the forks, having the tire still attached, rolled away from the work bench the minute my back was turned, after all I have done for them----- to treat me like that.  Do I need to say more????  How much oil goes in each leg???    just stock I'm not trying to change the forks feel.   thanks.   Oh by the way BTW   the boots look awsome, gives it that old old old school look.

TVR_FSO wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

these things. I put these things on my forks to give it that old thumper look this is what I was doing when the afore mentioned accident occured.  john

The book says SAE 15 or dextron atf  441 cc (14.91 us oz)fill to 75mm (2.95 in.) thats with the spring out.

john1652 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:


I'd guess female spark. Little Female Spark would be Sparkita (look it up)  

I understand your pain on this one.  Does seem kinda silly that you have to "uncork" the forks in order to remove them from the triple tree.  Doesn't it?

I like the fork boot idea though.  Good addition.

I seem to recall when other  person on site was talking about taking forks out of yokes I related on old bikes I used to put gaiters on you could just take wheel & mudguard off (& in this case brakes) & stretch the gaiters over any protuberatances on fork bottoms & get gaiters on that way.

of course might not work on modern day bikes as think these were old bikes with drum brakes & they did not have the lugs on the lower fork pieces the brake caliper bolts onto (though think I fitted gaiters on a Yamaha SR500 with a single disc this way.

person who fitted gaiters the way john1652 did said this might have worked (too late for him, obviously & too late for john1652 too but might work for next person).

often fitted gaiters to bikes back home, not because of how it looked - "like an old bike" - but because they serve a really effective way of keeping dirt  from prematurely getting in fork seals (why modern Savages have those little plastic bits on the forks & you can buy little metal do-hickeys to fit on your Superbrace - don't work as well  but better than nothing.

I've thought of putting on gaiters (but don't like look) but mainly because it involves taking forks out of yokes which I've found to be a little pain, though not end of world, I'll admit - just harder than taking wheel, mudguard & brake off forks (or in my case the superbrace too, which thinking about it would likely preclude use of gaiters)

john1652 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:


Bike mods begin with the left over parts.  I never meant to have a K&N filter until I forgot to reinstall the airbox.

If ya got the frame, let's build a stump puller