[Alpina resistor]

https://www.electrexworld.co.uk/acatalog/RG12.html

[MAR Forks]

Can anyone advise if the longer fork tube for the TR80 will fit the MAR legs please, and also are the fork caps the same thread? (think the TR80 caps are different)

Wanting to use on a Triumph project.

Thanks

[Alloy Fuel Tanks]

Interested in your tank - you can't receive private messages though.

[Aprillia 280 climber wiring?]

Can anyone help with a Climber wiring diagram or add more detail to the above please? Numbered items / colours?

Thanks

[Miller Bultaco or Whitlock?]

Definitely Miller.

 

[Recommended shock absorbers]

Sorry John - sold the bike with the Betors as they were way too stiff for me also. Always found that bike difficult to ride compared to the M158.

[Oil Weight]

I tried 5wt fork oil last ride (as per Vesty's suggestion), and will be sticking with it from now on.

[Recommended shock absorbers]

Hey Snarly - Have NJB Trixshocks, and they are good for the average rider, and good value also. I am getting a pair of his new Ultimate shocks when I ever get a response from him.

Go a bit longer than standard also (360mm?) to quicken the steering.

[Twinshock Clutch Plates Query...]

You use the clutch on an Alpina / Frontera?

[Wes Alloy Clubfoot]

Best mod is Sammy Miller mid box and no club foot. Slightly loud, (though a nice note), but a lot more quiet than the standard mid box without the club foot.

[Bultaco, oil for Model 190]

Castrol MTX 2 stroke gear oil  80W - been using it for years.

[Fuel Filters]

Have same problem on Frontera with Mukini. Best (but not as tidy), run longer hose under and over. Plus gives you more fuel to get through a section if you forget to turn the fuel on.

[M91 250 Piston Choice?]

NOS Mahle pistons are best if you can get one, but I recently obtained a newish one for a M180 and the boss had to be filed out to enable the thrust washers to fit. It also did not have drilled oilways in the bosses but had off square ends instead.

[Bultaco Exhaust]

[Sherpa To Alpina ?]

M212 fits M158, and M199 fits M158. So length is good. Only thing I found swapping tanks is the underside clearance to the pipe varies. But the glass tank will take a fair bit before it burns through. LOL!

Looks like everyone's asleep over there.

[Sherpa 190 Front Wheel Alignment Problem]

It looks like you have tightened the triple clamps up with the top one rotated a bit relative to the bottom one. Back off the clamps for the steering head axle and the clamps for the fork tubes and you should be able to move the fork bottoms so that the wheel axle is parallel to the top triple clamp. I suggest you clamp the bottom fork tube clamps first, then the steering axle clamp and top nut, then the top fork tube clamps in that sequence

Jinx Feetup - same post at same time - spooky!

[Sherpa 190 Front Wheel Alignment Problem]

Loosen all the triple clamp hardware, straddle front wheel and twist handle bars to re-align.

[Sherpa T 350 Engine Woes]

Have you over tightened the nuts on the inlet manifold. This can warp the carb. (that's if you have the flange type)

[Alpina Flywheel]

If it is a M212 or M213, yes it mat be the flywheel magnets. Had a faulty flywheel on a new M212 (intermittent starting) and have since known of two others. Best to borrow another flywheel to try, doesn't have to be an alpina one.

[Sherpa T 156 Front Fork Woes]

They look like the wrong tubes for that model (too much travel)

The 325 bottom triple would be lower on the tubes.

[Dellorto Jetting]

Have a PHBL26 carb that was to be fitted to my M199 that I have now sold. Would like to fit to my M158 - could anyone advise on jetting please?

[Miller Exhaust - Replaces Clubfoot - Anyone Used One?]

I have one on my M199, (wide opening)

Pain in the butt to repack, have to unpick the edge to split it in two. Has a flat perforated plate up the middle - open one side, packing the other. They block up very easily at the end.

Light weight, with a loud bark at open throttle.

[Sammy Miller Hi-Boy 250 1979 , How Rare Is It ?]

Dobby - that would mean your 340 isn't any good then?

[Sammy Miller Hi-Boy 250 1979 , How Rare Is It ?]

Yeah - when I'm not falling off it!

M158 has nearly 50mm (2") shorter wheelbase, and shorter forks too.