I know him and therefore doubt it
Ok. Was just commenting as tuftywhite said
“Whoever’s gets this bike from Mikeyboy “. But nobody will be getting it apart from the owner who dropped it off !
I know him and therefore doubt it
The alloy is dry media blasted with aluminium oxide,Hi Mike. Looking lovely.
How do you clean up the ally parts so nicely. Are they bead /sand blasted or what?
Might be for sale.I know him and therefore doubt it
Ok. Was just commenting as tuftywhite said
“Whoever’s gets this bike from Mikeyboy “. But nobody will be getting it apart from the owner who dropped it off !
We rebuilt a g/s a couple of years ago,customer was /is never happy with the front fork,even after a rebuild with stancions and replacement legs.Disappointing seat cover - Siebenrock do a better one , and IMHO the red one looks better.
You have fitted off road tires, but the stock forks are simply not up to off road use when new and even less suitable after 30 odd years of use.
They need a billet top and tubular lower, soft springs and a matching soft shock, around 400 lb spring on the shock.
Enduro 3 Saharas are the best tire I have found for my G/S , with plenty of road grip and a nice bite into the loose stuff.
They last reasonably well too, knobs like you have fitted are usually shredded in less than 900 km, compared to 5000 for the 3's.
Disappointing seat cover - Siebenrock do a better one , and IMHO the red one looks better.
You have fitted off road tires, but the stock forks are simply not up to off road use when new and even less suitable after 30 odd years of use.
They need a billet top and tubular lower, soft springs and a matching soft shock, around 400 lb spring on the shock.
Enduro 3 Saharas are the best tire I have found for my G/S , with plenty of road grip and a nice bite into the loose stuff.
They last reasonably well too, knobs like you have fitted are usually shredded in less than 900 km, compared to 5000 for the 3's.
Fixed for you boff,I know you sometimes don’t like our approach.:Disappointing , knobs like you
If you post pictures of you work for comment you must expect that you will not be able to please all of the people, all of the time.
And I did confine myself to specifics, and offer constructive suggestions as to an alternative approach.
Hyperpro do have some decent stuff, but getting to it has become hard these days.
Their stock packages, which are all they seem to want to sell these days, can be extremely stiff, and there is little detail as to what rate the components are.
A few years back their site had specific details of all their springs, regular and progressive wound and the choice included the springs for the HPN inserts for the GS.
FWIW I have the softest BMW springs for 36 mm forks preloaded around 10% more rider sag than the 400 lb spring on the Ohlins at the rear, 5wt Maxima synth suspension fluid, a billet top triple and tubular lower brace and it all works reasonably well, for the sort of work a G/.S was designed to do.
The top triple has clear holes so I can raise the tubes through the triples to fine tune the turn in to suit the tires and my taste, and this makes a big difference to the feel of things too.