the last time i changed the fork oil in my bike i used strait 30 weight motor oil. no leaks or any problems since it was changed,4 years ago. what i didn't use i put in my pick up.

 

Did you ever consider that HD makes bikes OTHER than a Dyna that might take a differnt amount of fork oil?

Just a thought.

 

But I'll bet that the H-D Fork Oil is specially CERTIFIED and TESTED for the unique requirements of Harley's forks.

 

The dealer where I bought my bike told me to use auto. tranny fluid instead of fork oil so far so good.

 

You are simply not buying enough fork oil. Just do the math. I always buy 5 packages of hot dogs (40), and 4 packages of buns (40). Those guys aren't so smart. You can easily outwit them by buying a lot more the first time.

 

Ive never had that problem when ever I change the fork oil in my Springer I have just the right amount.[sm=laughingsmilie.gif]

 

Considering my forks were made by Showa, I bought Honda fork oil cheap.

 

Ewwww.......it's like getting a transfusion from a crackhead!
Holy crap!.....I use that Honda spray cleaner!

 

Since you just drained the forks you will use the wet fork oil ammount. If you had dissaembled the forks and cleaned the peices and them put them back together you would use the dry fork ammount of oil! There is a difference!!
And while there may not be a specific oil for just Harley forks there is a couple different oil weights. Harley strandard is arround 5 weight and Screamming Eagle is arround 15wt. The 5 weight is for the Elecrtra Glide type bikes and the SE is good for the stiffer forks like Superglides. I think the street glides also go SE. And some use a mixture of both to custom tune their forks.
And now for the quit beaching ideal. What if they sold the oil in 1 oz less than you needed bottles? So do you really want to gripe about a couple oz fof too muych oil??
I put my extra any oil in my lil squirt oil can for lubeing things arround the house/truck ect.