Twinshock

Hi - I got hold of a plastic rejuvenator kit for only $30 AUD and had a crack at the rear mud guard of my TLR200 - the results to me, are very impressive - I just hope it is as robust as they claim. So I started on the blue side panels - and on one of these the old TLR and another decal had fallen off but the plastic is still darker where they were and no amount of sanding seems to even it off. does anyone have any ideas on how to deal with this and/or can anyone tell me where I can get new TLR side panel decals from

Anyone know what the difference is between the standard handlebar and the Dougie Lampkin bend version? ....were the Lampkin bend handlebars always a dark metallic grey? thanks as always

Hi I don’t see any form for Rickman , I have a couple project bikes a Rickman 250 vr 73 montesa , Rickman hodaka 100 hodaka I purchased from motorcycle salvage yard in Michigan ,,,frame , mainly , had it shipped , just got lucky was looking at frame tag stamped H Most small Rickman are Zundapp stamped z ,purchased most mislanious on ebay , wheels forks . We’re off a super rat 1972 , , it runs with hodaka 100 Purchased on ebay , runs and shifts , its early year 6/ 71 . Small tag left side intact with model number , the whole project cost 1500. Usd so far , might find a better performance engine , it’s stock engine 100 hodaka with supe…

hi My Sherpa is fitted with an RL stator plate and flywheel (not sure what coil / ignition is though) I find that the bike is playing up when hot (similar to when timing is out or when starving for fuel) the bike runs fine for about 15 - 20 minutes. Bike starts first kick always, hot or cold. Could this be a fault in the cdi system? thanks

I have just finishing rebuilding an Armstrong 320 which I would like to register for road use. I've registered new bikes with certificate of newness but this can't work like that can it? It has been registered at some time in it's life but the documents are long since lost, anyone got any advice how to go about it? Will I have to go to have it inspected by DVLA? Any advice appreciated.

last year I wrote an article about getting my SWM Jumbo road registered. I am currently getting another bike done and there have been some changes required by the DVLA. Specifically, organisations that provide dating letters, now require photographs of the engine and frame numbers. I have used Roy Bacon for my dating letters for the SWM's and he kindly contacted me regarding the change today. The updated article is now on my website.

It's struck me during last year that the classic road-events don't always have a big twinshock following; maybe its because the riders don't have bike licenses ,but also its that a lot of twinshocks weren't originally road registered as more events went off-road. There's been quite a few postings on this subject on TC forums. So, I've written a short HOW-TO guide on getting a twinshock MOT'd, dated, insured and how to get a registration certificate. I've used this for get an age-related number plate for my SWM Jumbo that I've just finished working on. Let me know what you think and if its useful (and correct)

Yesterday I managed to road register my Majesty 175 Yamaha Twinshock. It's a 1982 model and when I bought it last year, it was unregistered. This year I decided to embark on getting it done on an 'age related' UK 'X' plate. It has been pretty simple really............ Firstly I spoke to John Shirt jnr @ Gas Gas UK, whose father created the Godden framed Majesty (which my model is) and he arranged for his father to send me a 'dating certificate' for the bike from their records,confirming the year of manufacture as Jan 1982. This was a great help. Next .........I did a bit of work to get it to MOT standard on the brakes(bearings were ok and so were forks/shocks) and f…

Does any one know how much oil to put in a rock shock and what oil wt

Noticed an advert for Rock Shocks in the TMX, the first Fantic I owned had them fitted but I was too green to know if they were any good. Does anyone have any experience of them? are they any good by todays standards? has anyone bought any?

has any one bought a set of rockshocks and how good are they and also has any one service s a set of rock shocks

Just that really has any one tried these shocks yet, what do you think of them.

Cant afford Maxton or Magicals. Rockshocks or Falcon alloy???? What do you think? anyone tried both types?

Has anyone any opinion on which is best shocks, Rockshocks or Falcons, I have made an enquiry about some alloy bodied Rockshocks, I know there have been reports of poor service from Falcon shocks, are the Falcons any better than the Rockshocks and worth the wait or should I just go ahead with the Rockshocks. (new to twin shock bikes)

What is the pre-mix ratio for an air-cooled Rotax 240 (SWM) ? In other words, how much do i need to put in to 5 Litre's of Optimax ?? Thanks in advance. Gaff.

I have just been given an older twin shock bike. Ive been told it an rtx 175. Does anyone have any info on this bike. The engine looks like a cz but any help would be appreciated. Cheers Steve

We were given an old RTX 212 trials, Its in decent overall condition been sat in a shed for years. I got it as a summer project to keep the kids occupied and give them another bit different bike to play with compared to the sherco 125 they share now. Got it running with a carb clean and a bit of tinkering, engine is fine clutch ok and it goes through all four gears. Very little info on these things on the net, some talk on here and a few pdf files and brief history on them but other than that its Russian forums and google translate for further info. The bikes frame is chrome and cleaned up nice the plastic and fibre glass pannel work did not fair so good and…

Hi All, I have coerced a mate into taking up the sport. His budget is very limited and he's not done any off road riding at all. He is considering trials, enduro, green laning etc. Ebay has an RTX on for

hi me and the old man have an old rtx twinshock in the garage but it wont start it wil if you bump start it but wont tick over and it wont kick either it has a new piston and rings and the carb is fine everything seems to be fine but we just cant seem to get it going anyone got any tips

CAN ANYONE HELP OUT WITH A SUPPLIER OR DOES ANYONE HAVE A SECONDHAND REAR MUDGUARD AND SIDE PANELS FOR MY DAUGHTERS RTX 125 ANY COLOUR, THANKS.