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Old 16-06-18, 10:36 PM   #1301
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Reassembled my forks today. Hopefully get the front end done tomorrow.
good stuff.. what height did you set the oil at?
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Old 17-06-18, 05:05 AM   #1302
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good stuff.. what height did you set the oil at?
92mm, as per the service manual. Please don't tell me that's wrong! O_o
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Old 17-06-18, 07:04 AM   #1303
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92mm, as per the service manual. Please don't tell me that's wrong! O_o
thats fine
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Old 17-06-18, 01:20 PM   #1304
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thats fine
I heard the sigh of relief from here!
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Old 17-06-18, 10:00 PM   #1305
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I heard the sigh of relief from here!
You're not wrong!!
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Old 19-06-18, 09:51 AM   #1306
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Front-end's back together. Now I just have to get the controls sorted out.
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Old 19-06-18, 11:40 AM   #1307
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Changing the temic in my son's Megane. PIA taking the door panels of to get to the faulty unit but the windows are now working again.

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Old 21-06-18, 06:06 PM   #1308
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stripped the shock out the bike as i wanted to know the spring ID. well its a 60mm spring but a 2.25" collar..

the shock was filthy so a good clean with degreaser was in order.

was meant to get the shock serviced but a 4 week waiting so its now getting done end of season.
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Old 21-06-18, 08:51 PM   #1309
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Tinkered with? I'd like to thank Mr Suzuki for putting the front choke plunger in such an inaccessible place.

Changed the choke cable over, as it appeared to be sticking. Thank goodness I'd swapped the screws for Allen bolts ages ago, but didn't help that I didn't have a thin metre long ball ended Allen wrench. Taking off the top rad hose made access easier, but still a lot of a job.

Still got to fire it up, but it's back together. Took the electrical connectors apart and sprayed them with contact cleaner. Gonna give them the Acf80 treatment.

Then I'll get it mot'd and start using the poor neglected thing.
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Old 21-06-18, 09:11 PM   #1310
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yup one of the reasons i dont like curvys is the joke plungers along with the fragile cable splitter. i've always found it best to take the carbs off.
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