As I recall from other threads, a rough consensus was fork oil should be changed every 20K miles.
@dwalby's every other tire change (front) is roughly in the ballpark, and I would be willing to bet a beer that
@Igofar agrees that it is good preventative maintenance to pull the forks and check out the front end when changing the fork oil. If nothing else, aligning them per the manual every 20 to 25 K seems to me eminently reasonable. More than a few of us also would service the front brakes when we do a tire change.
I have no idea how much preventative maintenance
@Mckeith, the OP does, but I suggest he read the link below. Even if he has had his bike for years, the items mentioned are a good review of what our older bikes need. I suspect a lot of our troubles with these bikes are self inflicted by putting off routine work on the bikes.
This article is the result of collaboration by Andrew Shadow, CYYJ, jfheath, Max Pete, SMSW, and SupraSabre. Igofar’s list was copied from the first link listed above. Click on the attached file. This one is V.11; in the future, any changes will be noted in the title on the first page as the...
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