Recent content by Chesterspal

Cleaned my chain down to the bare metal in my degreaser tank, reinstalled and coated with Honda chain lube. Had issues with the clutch not fully releasing. Doing a bleed made no difference although there was air in the line. Turns out the pressure spring in the clutch slave was missing and it...

Have some questions if someone can help... The petcock is marked with a C when to the right and with an R when to the left. I assume C is closed and R is reserve. I only got gas to flow when set to R. Is straight down suppose to be the normal flow position? The chain on this bike is...

It's taken me a long time to find this bike so just want to get all things ironed out so it will last and I can enjoy it for a good long time. Coming from an owner who freely admitted he knew nothing about maintenance and never even changed the oil in all the years he had it, I want to get...

I came across some early info for these 1995-1996 GasGas bikes. The fuel to oil ratio suggested was 80:1 and 100:1. The minimum octane required was 95 "non-alcohol" which I take to mean not methanol since there was no E10 gas back then. Not sure how it is where you live but there is no 95 octane...

Not sure what's up with the sight glass and yes, I drained out exactly 650ml of that Royal Purple synthetic oil and it still shows oil. It must be plugged up. I can't imagine this bike burns up that much oil that you need to constantly check it. I change my oil at the start of every season to...

So you think this is just a flat glass plate, then? The oil level does go up and down if I tip the bike sideways. Just like if it had a full tank of oil. Very strange. I have one that only goes to 15psi full gauge. Very accurate.

When I drained the gear oil out, it looked a but suspicious. It appeared to be Royal Purple, which is fully synthetic and not to be used in these bikes. So, I compared it to some 5w30 RP I use in my cars. As you can see, the RP from my container (on the left) is identical to what came out of...

On this bike it appears the thermal switch is inline with the return hose from the cylinder head. See picture. This is something I need to find out. Do not want to damage anything. Can someone tell me what these adjustments are used for. I assume they affect the front shocks but I do not...

I'm in Connecticut. Yes, the bike originated from Rascalls back in 1996 according to the paper work I have.

Thanks for the kind words. Plenty of similar trials bikes in my area. All the 250cc and higher bikes you could want in Beta, GasGas but nothing lower, until last Sunday, as I said. Also, the vintage twin shocks. Tons of them in great looking shape around here. I own a mint 1986 Honda TLR200...

You asked to see my bike. Here it is. Still working on it so the air box is not on and the fairings are just sitting there. I searched since June for an under 200cc trials bike. Never saw a one in a 300mile radius CraigsList search until this one came up on Sunday morning. Posted the night...

That was the oil drain port in the picture. I removed the cover to the water pump and drained out the old coolant. No color to it. Looked like plain water. Flushed it a few times with clean water then added fresh 50/50 to just below the overflow tube inside the filler port. As to the fan. It...

Appreciate the help on this. Many thanks :) I was looking in the wrong side, perhaps. Is this the oil drain? Question: you're saying I do not need to use special clutch oil in this bike as I do with my 4-strokes? As for the coolant, I have that port exposed but I have no knowledge of how...

I picked up this 1996 JTR 160 over the weekend to learn to ride trials on and I'm very excited to get going with it. The bike is still in great shape given its age. Nothing about it is found on the GasGas site. They do not even list a manual section for year 1996. It's as if this bike never...