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  1. I have MZ forks on my Tiger Cub. The size thing is a right pain! I currently have mine shimmed with bits of feeler gauge which is working ok. As for the leaking, Mine were awful so I bought a pair of tubes and seals from somewhere in Germany, One of the MZ dealers) for about £100 delivered. Still no leaks. The price will have gone up a bit since Brexit, Covid, the war, bird flu etc etc!
  2. It looks like it came out of the back of the clutch. Do you have a parts list for your 242? I have a PDF version I could send you.
  3. Are you talking about an electronic system or points? Either way you will need an ignition coil. It bolts up behind the headstock in the loop of the frame. If it's points then it's the same as a 200/242, if it's a Motoplat electronic system it's probably off a 304, which is what I am running. Cheers
  4. I live in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. I am happy to take some detail photos if you want some reference from an existing project.
  5. Hello Mate, I have been running a 242 for a while now and absolutely love it. It steers very well with quite a roomy feel to it. The power is very good with enough beans to get you up anything. Mine however is not standard. After running it for a bit, a 304 came up which I bought for parts, as a lot of parts are interchangeable. Currently mine has; 304 seat/tank because it's plastic so modern petrol doesn't eat it, slimmer and fits with a little trimming around the shock mounts. 304 ignition cos it's electronic. 304 gearbox, clutch and primary because they have changed the primary ratio to speed up the gearbox which takes a bit of load off it. The 242s tend to be a bit hard on the gearbox and any little helps. The downside is that you have to run a tiny gearbox sprocket to get the gearing down again. The upside is that the 304 clutch is MUCH nicer and even lets me select neutral!!! OKO 26mm carb cos the standard Amal will be worn out and the OKO costs much less. I bought mine from a company in Germany Called Scootermax.de and it was about £60-00 delivered as opposed to about a ton for an Amal. If you go that route don't go buying a load of jets and stuff, I can tell you what I'm running and you can just order them. It's pretty close as delivered. 304 forks cos they are stiffer, use a better mudguard mount, have much better axle clamps with a bigger axle. You have to buy different bearings and get some spacers turned up and a make a torque arm if you want to stay drum braked though. They were worth the trouble though. As for suspension, if you weigh 17st. you are probably going to need stiffer string rather than just spacers but to start with I would try 30 - 40mm of spacer and oil 125mm from the top of the tubes, collapsed all the way to the stop and spring out. As for shocks stiffer springs or preload all the way! Hope you stick with it, they are really good bikes, but I don't think you will be able to plan your retirement on it's future value! Where abouts in the country are you?
  6. Hello, Your bike is looking good. I have just bought an 83 MH200. I have yet to ride it exept round the garden. Doing a trial this weekend. My question is; where did you get those nice shiny wide pegsfor yours? The solid mounting lugs on the frame would seem to rule out most of the stuff on the market. Mine has just had an engine rebuild and seems very sound, so hopefully I won't need big oily bits for it at the moment! Cheers, Fernacticus
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