suspension oil change

i've had my bike for a while and never changed my suspension oil. I was thinking that cuz its winter it would be a good time to do so. But i have no idea on what i am doing. does anyone have any tips on how to change the oil? What oil should i put in? ect

thanks  
motocross: because baseball, basketball, football and golf only require 1 ball

hey...go to youtube and search for "fork seal change".  
rockymountainatvmc.com has 4 videos up on how to change the seals and oil...it's really helpful  
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"Only the desert has a fascination to ride alone in the sun in the forever unpossessed country away from man. That is a great temptation."
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you can take the cheap way or the correct way. the cheap way is just changing oil and seals. the correct way is to send the forks and shock to factory connection, pro action, or pro circuit to get them rebuilt.  

Not to hijack thread or anything but on the subject does anyone know any good places to find repair manuals or videos that don't cost a trillion dollars? Or any good sites to download perhaps ?  
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clymer or oem. honda has one on their site but you have to be a member of red rider or whatever its called to view it.  

there's a couple online manuals, but you have to buy them just like the paper ones...about the same price too.

youtube has videos, and lots of sites have basic maintenance videos  
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"Only the desert has a fascination to ride alone in the sun in the forever unpossessed country away from man. That is a great temptation."
--D.H. Lawrence

well I seen on ebay there were some Honda repair manuals selling for like $75 but I guess there not easy to get but i'd like to learn to work on my own  bikes not just pay the shops a fortune for every little thing.  
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oem which is the factory honda one is like 60 u.s. you can buy them at a dealer no problem. i suggest a clymer though, they are cheaper and almost as good as oem.  

230f:
well I seen on ebay there were some Honda repair manuals selling for like $75 but I guess there not easy to get but i'd like to learn to work on my own  bikes not just pay the shops a fortune for every little thing.

75 is too much, motosport sells oem manuals. Check hondaparts direct also.  
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elko6:
you can take the cheap way or the correct way. the cheap way is just changing oil and seals. the correct way is to send the forks and shock to factory connection, pro action, or pro circuit to get them rebuilt.

Elko u need to elaberate more on this. Say what??  A pivot works bushing kit is generally cheap money, get the stock seals-they work best and right amount of fluid. most modern day 125-250's use 5 weight. or u can get 01 which is ridiculously priced cuz i think its made out of gold or sumthing. and id only get the 01 if i was a die hard racer, 05 is perfect for light racing and woods bombing.

oh yeah and unless ur going to have ur forks re-valved to certain specs, then sending them out to factory connection or any other high-end fork company is wasting money.  

no its not. i would never rebuild my suspension myself and i know mostly every person on this forum wouldnt either. there are a lot of internal parts that can wear or get messed up. suspension rebuild is not easy and i would rathe have a trusted proffessional do it because they know exactly what to look at it and what to do.  

well rebuilding is one thing...but the guy was only talking about an oil change...that's really not that difficult...idk, am i lost?  
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"Only the desert has a fascination to ride alone in the sun in the forever unpossessed country away from man. That is a great temptation."
--D.H. Lawrence

elko6:
no its not. i would never rebuild my suspension myself and i know mostly every person on this forum wouldnt either. there are a lot of internal parts that can wear or get messed up. suspension rebuild is not easy and i would rathe have a trusted proffessional do it because they know exactly what to look at it and what to do.

Elko i did mine saturday nite seals, bushings and oil.  i do all my own fork work-its not brain surgery.......oh wait maybe it is??    

well ML, you're just a genius!  i wouldn't do that much...i'll just do the seals and oil...and even then, i hate doing it. hahaha  
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"Only the desert has a fascination to ride alone in the sun in the forever unpossessed country away from man. That is a great temptation."
--D.H. Lawrence

csully:
well ML, you're just a genius!  i wouldn't do that much...i'll just do the seals and oil...and even then, i hate doing it. hahaha

Well i would'nt say genius??......well o.k. u can say Genuis.   Anybody that needs help rebuilding forks can PM me i'll walk u through it. and my consultation fees are dirt cheap. lol