Recent content by smokegetsinyoureyes

Cheers Steve

Cheers Sean.

Thanks very much for the kind offer, to save any hassle I'll probably have the smaller spanners and I'll cut down some ringers, the 27,24 & 22 and flatten a piece of tube for leverage, just for the basic roadside stuff if needed, trip later in the year from Carrickfergus in N.Ireland up into the...

Cheers for the reply guys, but the postage to the UK/ Northern Ireland would be around a third more than the cost of the kit! Lol!

What's in the OEM Tool kit?:hmmm:

Sorry I missed this, only just seen maxmidnights wee link on vmaxchat, I live in Carrickfergus and had I seen this earlier I'd surely had a pint with you! Next time maybe, cheers, Neill.

Does anyone know if the speedo drives are the same for mph or kph? Or is the gearing/ ratios different? Cheers.

Yes Fred, I would be worried about that, the heat from grinding could take the temper out of the pad, suppose it would depend how much of a cut you would take off each time!

Can valve shims be ground to a certain size using a surface grinder?

Here's the finished items, a vast improvement and only ?20.

Hi Just reading through your posts, I have a 95 jap impot, it is speed restricted to 115mph in the speedo, also none of the european or canadian/us wiring diagrams seem to suit, mine also has the fuel res switch fitted below the main switch gear on the handlebar, there is only a hi/low headlamp...

My thoughts exactly, "If it's assembled, it can be disassembled"

P.S. The spring compressors are home made from "H" beam clamps that stud bar hangs from to hold pipework etc.

Here's my take on the same thing, I'm powder coating the springs black and have sprayed the damper body satin black, I'll post pics when done! I had posted some months ago asking if anyone knew if the standard shocks could be taken apart, and finally took the bull by the horns a few days ago.

Excellent guide mate, just noticed it after posting my own, your guide and pics is much better, guess we have the same objective?