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I pulled horse hair out of the silencer of one of my older bikes. Now that was weird Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You can also probably remove the battery from the underside of the speedo using a coin once the headlight is off Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They're about 35mm long which is the same as the distance from the fork tube to the end of the bump stop bolt (lower triple clamp) on my Sachs So I used that as my goto measurement, but you can pull the steering tighter and compress the rubber with still quite a safety margin. I can probably...

Trimmed the radiator guards up in situ, so the lower triple now clears the guards Bump stops added. As others have done, I've used rubber door stoppers from the local hardware place and secured with a self tapping steel screw Predrilled the frame on one of the gussets just under the headstem...

I think you're right - just always hesitant doing irreversible changes, but I'm close to getting this all together now. They're pretty strong guards so they should be ok

A new challenge is that the triple clamp now contacts the radiator guards before full rotation of the forks, and before it would get anywhere near where my bump stops would be on the frame By best estimates I should get another cm or two of rotation. First thought is to bend the guard...

Getting closer now. The wheel spacers turned up a few weeks ago courtesy of a generous forum member on Dirtbikeworld Also decided to leave my CC fork education for another day and just sent them off to my local tuner for servicing and setting up to his off-road spec. Plan B was to just fit...

Yep, it's a slow one as I struggle to find time between work and family commitments, and most my my shed time is spent keeping my kids bikes prepped properly now they're doing a bit of racing Spent ages thinking about making up a different bracket for the trailtech /GG computer to use the bolt...

It's strange how do things become blindingly obvious when you write it down Looks like once I get the 99-03 bearings in (which are 3mm wider) I can just use the stock Yamaha 20mm and 24mm spacers, but just swap sides!! The 24mm spacer will move the disc 0.5mm off the centre of the brake...

I've finally made some more progress with this. I now have the following bits and pieces which will allow me to work out my axle spacers: - the correct oversize disc adapter (Braking POW13) - AllBalls wheel bearings from 99-03 Gas Gas ec300 - also Allballs Head stem bearings for YZF...

So my Braking oversize disc adapter (POW106) has turned up and it doesn't fit! The POW106 is for 2007+ YZ250F's so after a bit of back and forth with the guy I sourced the forks from, I checked the VIN number of the donor bike and guess what, it's a 2006 So, 2006 YZ250F SSS forks, and I now...

Could it be so gummed up with spooge that it's affecting the power valve operation though? I have a similar issue with a husky WR 125 which ran poorly and low on power ( kind of like when it's warming up and it won't come on the pipe and pull away really clean) Still starts and idles...

Not as such but I've learnt to concentrate on just "flowing" in the first 20min or so of each ride. I find after 20min or so or the first break I ride heaps better (body has warmed up etc...) I used to get really down on myself when I couldnt gel with the bike and made heaps of gumby...

Thanks to some advice from F5 in this thread, I think I have a path ahead with my bearings and spacers: what forks to use https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=56995&share_tid=17744&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egasgasrider%2Eorg%2Fforum%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D17744&share_type=t At this...

Thanks mate. Your description is just as valuable as the measurements and gives me some good guidance, especially the criticality of the nut side Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk