May 12, 201313 yr Swapped over rear tyre and adjusted levers slightly. Lubed up bike ready for a day up at hawks nest in Buxton
May 14, 201313 yr Today fitted my new Apico bendy levers and re-packed my exhaust ,and here's some pictures . Check out the crap end cap metal work exam failure , and the sanitary towel type god knows how old exhaust packing . No longer sounds like a WW2 fighter plane .wednesday night i'm riding a trial . The levers are neat and well made . Edited May 14, 201313 yr by shyted
May 15, 201313 yr Plastic welded the rear mudguard back together. I'm not convinced it will last, I've never done it before and only used a soldering iron and filler rods. I can put quite a bit of force into bending and twisting it without the joins splitting.
May 15, 201313 yr Author Today fitted my new Apico bendy levers and re-packed my exhaust ,and here's some pictures . Check out the crap end cap metal work exam failure , and the sanitary towel type god knows how old exhaust packing . No longer sounds like a WW2 fighter plane .wednesday night i'm riding a trial . The levers are neat and well made . Ted - those levers look very nice ................ can I ask how much? Hope that you are having/had a good trial.
May 15, 201313 yr Author Plastic welded the rear mudguard back together. I'm not convinced it will last, I've never done it before and only used a soldering iron and filler rods. I can put quite a bit of force into bending and twisting it without the joins splitting. Totty - I have a post somewhere in this thread about cutting out the stiffeners from the underside of the rear fender ................... it makes them unbreakable.............
May 16, 201313 yr Totty - I have a post somewhere in this thread about cutting out the stiffeners from the underside of the rear fender ................... it makes them unbreakable............. Cheers, I'll take a look at that before refitting.
May 16, 201313 yr And today on my gas gas i cleaned her and stripped the clutch, modified the plates , adjusted the rebound on the back shock in preparation for a trial on Saturday . Shipdamite , the Wednesday trial was a good laugh , made that many cockups it was a joke . The sections were good , but the sea of mud made them an ordeal . Turned the bike into a submarine in a stream ,which was pretty deep . Can't believe how much traction the bike has on muddy slopes .just blasts up'em. the levers were £ 45 from gasgas uk inclusive of post ,order before noon on weekdays ,get them the day after . Zippy , you checked out these levers ? You can pull them in ,out in ,you know how it goes ,quick pull and your done , GREAT!
May 17, 201313 yr Zippy , you checked out these levers ? You can pull them in ,out in ,you know how it goes ,quick pull and your done , GREAT! I was done shortly after looking at the pics of the levers.............no pulling needed! LOL Looks like there is a great deal of adjustment as far as lever placement for maximum leverage with having the second adjustment bolt. (I really hope that made sense) should be very useful in a crash that would bend the levers backwards. Later today I will be taking my GasGas out to our trials property and work on setting up sections for Sunday's event. Of course I will have to ride the sections in to make sure they are acceptable for the event. Also I will need to go tomorrow and "work" some more on sections.
May 17, 201313 yr Author Ted - thanks for the price on the levers; reckon i'll be doing copycat! good luck for tomorrows trial - ship
May 17, 201313 yr Author I was done shortly after looking at the pics of the levers.............no pulling needed! LOL Looks like there is a great deal of adjustment as far as lever placement for maximum leverage with having the second adjustment bolt. (I really hope that made sense) should be very useful in a crash that would bend the levers backwards. Later today I will be taking my GasGas out to our trials property and work on setting up sections for Sunday's event. Of course I will have to ride the sections in to make sure they are acceptable for the event. Also I will need to go tomorrow and "work" some more on sections. good luck on sunday zip!
May 17, 201313 yr And finally ! Gasgas ready for action ! The clutch mod has worked a treat , no effort whatsoever needed to operate and i'm running Millers semi synthetic 5W-30 at a princely sum of £7 a liter . Can select 1st gear from cold on choke with no problem and get neutral easy , and bought some AC50 ,a new plug at £3.45 from Raceways in Fleetwood ,and a new air filter all Putolined up and ready for tomorrow . Has any one carried out a Mikuni convertion on their Gas Gas today ? OR any other day for that matter ! Tell me as i'm thinking of doing it come the winter . The levers adjust brill and dont forget you can also set the stop on the lever boss for that fine tune . the box they came in is the new home for my allen keys as well so any bunny huggers out there can see us lads and lasses are recycling too ! How goods that! Good luck for the weekend rides Bretheren . Ted Edited May 17, 201313 yr by shyted
May 17, 201313 yr Have you tried a Keihin based GG? Very well sorted setups available - including intake manifolds. Smooths out the bottom and adds more on top.
May 18, 201313 yr good luck on sunday zip! It is my club that is putting the event on, so this time around I get to sit in a chair, yell "Rider", hold up a few fingers, punch cards, drink "beverages" and giggle when riders say "That looks easy" and then get through with a million dabs later. I think today while "working" (playing on my GasGas) on finishing setting up our event I am going to move my handlebar grips in about 1/8 of an inch and see if that helps with the sore tendon in my elbow. (still tweaking the new to me bike) Then if it works, I will trim that bit off the bars.
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