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Message: [QUOTE="SATxMotoX, post: 127837, member: 21706"] Ok, I've got a 87 KX 250 that I'm changing the front fork oil in. This bike has conventional style forks. OK, I pulled the drain plug and pumped the forks mostly clean of oil. Ended up getting about 575 ml's of ugly black oil out of each tube. I filled both tubes back up with 650 ml's of Mobil 1 ATF (added more to help fight bottoming) and reassembled. Here's my questions: If my Clymer show that the "Capacity" is 581-589 cc's (19.1-19.9 oz) that's the amount of recommended fork oil to put in, right? If the Clymer show's the "Oil level" as being 138-142 mm then what does that mean? How do I measure? How do I take into account the fact that I want more oil to help with bottoming? Also, after I put everthing back together I pumped the forks and noticed that they are squeaking a bit now. Is that normal for a bit after putting ATF in the forks? Thanks in advance for the help. Chris [/QUOTE]