Oops-bought an old shitter- collective thoughts required please .

[JohnnyBoxer]

Pigglet, thanks for your kind offer .

BUT I’m sorted

I called Sargent Seats in the US and A and they have stock of the 1150GSA seat.
Could have got one delivered to a US hotel-for example I’m in Seattle next month but if my trip gets cancelled or any other blip then I’m buggered, so I noticed that The Adventure Bike Shop are UK agents and have a dedicated website so I had a look and they knock off VAT.
So I’ve ordered a seat

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It’ll be better than an OE seat, if I ever found one .

Ok, I could have got it cheaper sent to a US address but there’s no messing this way and if I ever sell the bike (unlikely, as I always hang on to my bikes, ) then hopefully I can sell it on.

So the shock and seat are sorted.

Think I might order some Pivot Pegz and I’ll be done.

Thanks for all the input above.Much appreciated

I have same seat
Very comfy

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

It’s off a 1250 !

It’s not

 

[King Rat]

20,000 miles.... my old shitter I sold with 225,000 on and still on the original shock that hadn't been touched, set and forget. Cleaned, ACF'd but not altered or rebuilt and it still worked fine, even on the Orkney roads and the Scottish ones on the way back via my sister on Skye. The front was also still the original, and it also worked perfectly well. After staying with Bryony for the night I rode home in an afternoon, fuelled at Broadford, that got me to Dumbarton, that got me home but the fuel light was on.





The Faroes....





My shiney bit is missing because it is on a Remus to save weight and heat, collector box and catalyser 'gone'. A 'keep off my tail' rorty exhaust is a safety device!

Why people are worried about the life of shock absorbers baffles me - 20,000 miles and needing a new one. You're having a giraffe, unless you live in a very saline, seaside environemnt and it has dissolved, of course.

 

[Wrigsby1]

225k... That's at least 10+ rebuilds of Ohlins following their advice and being generous on annual mileage...

 

[Dosa]

Want more leg room, the seat should have two positions stick a thin piece of wood in the lower ones, 4 pieces needed, and use the higher ones. Also dump the standard pegs, they are like standing on pencils anyway, get some mx fat pegs or make your own, I did, this can drop the pegs by 25mm ish.
I'd say use the standard shock, I bunged hyperpro springs on mine done 30 000 miles on it the bike's on 57 000. And because I'm not (place racer name of choice here) it does me.

 

[Reevo]

Stunning bike

 

[Arsey]

Finally got round to re-fitting the OE shock today which has been refurbed by Denzo.
Bit of a ball ache but got it done



Only slight issue was when I refitted the rear brake clamper the rear bolt wouldn’t tighten up and on removal showed some swarf on the thread so looks like it’s cross-threaded , which is a pain and odd as it was all lined up , and the front bolt tightened just fine.
Going to pop to a workshop tomorrow. Guess it might need a heli coil jobby ?

Also fitted the Touratwat pegs that arrived in the post today .
They went on ok but quality and fit nowhere near as good as Pivot Pegz .

Just waiting for the Sargent seat to arrive now.

Think I’ll rub down and repaint the tank filler and surround that is a bit tatty .
Dremel and smooth Hammerite ?

 

[Pukmeister]

Hopefully the male and female threads will clean up with a tap and die rather than needing to helicoil it (which might require caliper removal).

 

[Howard J]

Must be something in the air I’ve just purchased this one which has made me re visit this section, it’s on an 04 plate ….. 38,000 miles, unfortunately no wine was involved

 

[davegs]

Long live old shitters!.

 

[Reevo]

 

[Smartbazza]

Finally got round to re-fitting the OE shock today which has been refurbed by Denzo.
Bit of a ball ache but got it done

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Only slight issue was when I refitted the rear brake clamper the rear bolt wouldn’t tighten up and on removal showed some swarf on the thread so looks like it’s cross-threaded , which is a pain and odd as it was all lined up , and the front bolt tightened just fine.
Going to pop to a workshop tomorrow. Guess it might need a heli coil jobby ?

Also fitted the Touratwat pegs that arrived in the post today .
They went on ok but quality and fit nowhere near as good as Pivot Pegz .

Just waiting for the Sargent seat to arrive now.

Think I’ll rub down and repaint the tank filler and surround that is a bit tatty .
Dremel and smooth Hammerite ?

this happened to my rear caliper on my 1100. cleaned up using tap and die and was as good as new.

Barry

 

[Arsey]

Hopefully the male and female threads will clean up with a tap and die rather than needing to helicoil it (which might require caliper removal).

Sorted !
Took bike to workshop and they said they’d have to stick in a heli coil .
Booked in for next week .

Got home and seemed to recall I had a tap and die set so rummaged around and found it . Then went to local chandlery and got some slightly longer bolts




Ended up doing both sides of caliper bracket




But all sorted now




Ta

 

[Steptoe]

Buy a caliper bracket, about 10 bob.
It just slides out the the caliper,

 

[Arsey]

Buy a caliper bracket, about 10 bob.
It just slides out the the caliper,

Sorry Neil, not a scooby about what you mean but all sorted now

 

[Reevo]

Sorry about hijacking’s your post but it seems to fit here
Stripped my seat back to original yellow
1100 gs
Does anybody know the colour of the dye to freshen it up?

 

[Pukmeister]

It looks like faint traces of blue loctite on the old shorter bolt in the picture. It could well be a grade of strength that requires heat to undo, the same stuff that gums up threads and needs tapping out before reassembly.

Glad you got it sorted.

 

[Pukmeister]

Sorry about hijacking’s your post but it seems to fit here
Stripped my seat back to original yellow
1100 gs
Does anybody know the colour of the dye to freshen it up?

You could try contacting Gliptone aka Liquid Leather. They can make leather eye in any colour. The might need to see your seat or a swatch of it cut from the underside. Your seat is not too dissimilar in colour to my old Audi TT leather (Audi aniseed yellow fine Nappa) which I restored with their products.

 

[Davey B]

@Arsey. Have you found the suspension improved after the shock rebuild?

 

[Arsey]

@Arsey. Have you found the suspension improved after the shock rebuild?

It certainly seems plush. Main reason to refit OE shock was to get the height back as the Hagon was shorter