Fork oil change

[shamus1]

I pretty sure that this question has been asked before

My 97 tourer has 52000 miles on it-- I am 2nd owner & fork oil has never been changed--there are no visable leaks

I have a MityVac bleeder, can I use this to vacuum fluid & replace with same volume extracted?

Can I do this without Honda special tool 07MA-MZ0010A--if so what would procedure be for both forks?

thanks in advance
Shamus

[GOOSE]

you can do it that way, but you wont get a complete oil change without taking the nut out of the left side with the special wrench.  go ahead and buy you the special socket....they are not that expensive.

[Bone]

Honda does not mention fork oil changes in the maintenance schedule. My 98 Tourer is at 83,000.

[Valker]

I just changed mine for the first time at 125,000 to replace seals and bushings. The original oil was still blue, didn't look bad at all. Looks like all the slight discoloration is due to the Teflon wearing off the brass bushings.
The bushings were not quite to replacement stage according to the manual, but close enough that I just went ahead.

[deckerjr]

I have had a leak for a while and seem to have fixed it with the film trick. Now I need to know if and how much to top off to bring it back up. I was thinking along the same lines, can I just vacuum it all out and replace it. If so can anybody chime in on how I can measure it and or make sure I don't overfill. (ie:elaborate on the dipstick method) Thanks for all the great info.