Advice on 4 topics

[rwoulf]

I have 99 Valk Int. 4 questions;

1. Do you need to change fork fluid?  MIne has never been changed, no leaks /no problems.

2. Want progessive air shocks, do not want to change seating height, do not tow anything just my wife and i combined weight 325#'s? What model do you suggest?

3. Air filter change do i need to? 55,000 miles never been changed, normal riding conditions.

4. timing belt change, do i need to change, was inspected looked good, 10 years old-55,000 miles?

Thanks for advice and or opinion!

[roboto65]

Well lets do this by the numbers

1. Yeah it is kinda like the oil in your crank or rear pumpkin it goes bad over time just not as fast.. Of course there is the if it ain't broke don't mess with it guys too

2. As far as i know there is only one airshock that Progressive makes I have never tryed them

3  55000 and never changed let me refer you to Earlybird  anyhow yes change it it is 20 bucks

4 No I would not think so they should be good but then again some would say better safe than sorry because if they go while you are driving goodbye engine Nuff Said

[hubcapsc]

It would be cheap (less than $100) to put progressive springs in there while you're changing the fork oil...
money well spent, you wouldn't want to go back. I put new fork seals in at the same time.

I took mine apart, cleaned and inspected everything, and put them back together. Borrowed "the tool",
just asked on the tech board and someone sent it to me. Search the tech board for lots of hints,
advice and pictures...

I would not have been comfortable doing it without the manual, though the tech board can probably
supply all the information you need... the manual is online at valkyrienorway.com if you don't have one.



-Mike

[Daniel Meyer]

3) Yes, it needs changed every 10,000 miles if stock, or cleaned at same interval if K&N.

[98valk]

3) Yes, it needs changed every 10,000 miles if stock, or cleaned at same interval if K&N.

manual calls for 12k change out, they last much longer than that, and actually filter better with more miles. when your mpg goes down, blowing black smoke, and your plugs are carboned up then it is time to change.
the honda requirement does not know in what kind of conditions u ride in.

checkout www.bobistheoilguy.com air filter section on how long airfilters really last and why not to use a k&n.

I use the stock filter with the epa noise reduction metal screen removed for more airflow. It is an excellent filter material. do a google search on honda oem air filters.
oil filters I use pure one in a larger size PL14459
ditto on fork oil, change it. I use amsoil suspension fluid 10w

[Colin]

Progressive only make one set of air shocks for the Valk. I picked some up s/h on eBay in the UK.

I have fitted them and don't regret it (I know some here hate them) I find them very smooth particularly over the 100's of speed humps that we have here in Spain. I took a friends wife as a passenger on Sunday for a 90 mile ride and when she got off she said "that is the smoothest ride I have ever had on a bike" which I think is a compliment from a passenger who has covered thousands of miles on all sorts of bikes.

We weighed about the same as you two and I had them set at 50psi.

They get a big  from me.