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    FZ1 front fork rattle

    Low oil... makes a sound like and old bicycle with a front carrier basket that rattles as you go over ever bump. The sound goes away if the fork is filled with the right amount of oil
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    FZ1 front fork rattle

    I believe the oil level han more to do with resolving the issue. The first attempt involved a quick oil change... measuring the amount that came out and replacing it with the same amount. The clunk sound that could be heard when pushing the fork down didn't go away until I drained all the...
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    FZ1 front fork rattle

    I changed the fork oil @ 25000 km... problem fixed
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    FZ1 front fork rattle

    Resolved the fork noise on my 2008 with 24000km by changing the oil. The first attempt I just measured the oil I removed and replaced it... that didn't fix the problem so I took the fork apart and drained all the oil put it back together and filled it with the specified amount... FIXED. No...
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    FZ1 front fork rattle

    I fixed the rattle by taking the forks apart, cleaning the tubes and replacing the oil with the correct amount of 7 wt oil. The rattle drove me nuts... I tried all of the remedies on this thread but the thing that worked was having the right amount of oil in the forks. I used 7 wt oil to see...
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