Changing fork oil on Qlink QingQi 200

[david3921]

I did a lot of searching on how to change the fork oil on my Qlink XF200. I didn't like the way the front dove so much during braking. I tried adding a 2" spacer to increase the preload. While this helped, it wasn't enough. All of the posts I found here and elsewhere said that I had to disassemble the forks from the bike. I didn't want to do this as I just installed new lighting (more on that in another post). Last night I bit the bullet and finally got a motorcycle jack from Harbor Freight. Yep, we have a store a couple miles from here and it's been a godsend for a number of projects. Anyway, since I already was familiar with removing the top fork caps I thought would go whole hog and see what was really in there. The manual found elsewhere on this site for this type of motorcycle doesn't cover USD forks so I was left with my intuition that I could replace the fork oil without removing the forks from the bike.

I was right.

It's even possible to keep the disassembly to a minimum to try different weights fairly quick to find the right one.

..and yes I took pictures.