I'm sure this question has been answered loads of times but what's the current view on which oil to use in the front forks? SAE 30 or Auto Trans Fluid.
Now this may sound like a daft idea but... to save bashing the tap with the old leg, or anything else for that matter, has anyone tried turning the tap round? (tap lever on inside) can it de done?
Nigel - You're soooo right about the taps - I've been there and gave up...
On the Painted Plastic (not fibreglass) story - I worked in Madrid for a while in the late 80's and saw a number of road going 125 sherpa's with white poly tanks - I'm thinking, as the 199's were, to some extent, a last ditch stock clearance exercise from the rapidly dying Bulto brand, painting the white tanks blue seams an obvious step.
But I agree with sherpa325, once the old chemicals start to leach through the poly, the paint's history.
SherpaT - your point re the fibreglass tanks is well made but for me, I'm keen on the plastic tank more from an aesthetic point of view.
Anyway, thanks all for the comments - the search goes on and the next step will be to find a set of the extra long works shocks (I think Lane L started the trend and I think they were Fox shocks - by the way where is Lane these days?
Again, many thanks all and Bob Abell, if you ever want to sell your tank, there
Hi Nigel - that's at least two of us hunting - let's keep in touch, there must be some still out there...
Hi FeetUpFun - I'm pretty sure the tank was originally on the 198 - the top frames etc are the same on both the 198 and 199 although the taper of the tank, as it leads back to the saddle is lower so I'm not sure if a new saddle is needed too.
My bike is one the Vesty reps built by Commerfords towards the end of run. Bit of a bitzza but a great bike. Most of the bikes of sold in the UK in the early/mid 80
Don't use petrol to wash the filter - it breaks down the cells in the foam and they close up - net result you tend to get a richer mixture - use soap and water as oceanvibe said, alternativly use Mineral Turpentine you can use the same bottle of turps over and over again as the crap just sinks to the bottem of the bottle.
Which Fork Oil Sherpa 190b
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Many Thanks Woody - I'll try 190cc of 10 grade to start ( I'm a bit porky)
Paul Mac