Righto...where was I...
Spring/Summer fun over....time to get back in the garage for the Autumn / Winter build season.......cant wait for them sub zero temps to come
Finished up back in May by putting the wheels back together with new spokes, bearings, tyres, tubes and seals etc.
Front end suspension for a bit of TLC next. The fork stanchions, although not leaking were fairly pitted and looking a bit tired. Complete strip don required, new parts ordered. Alloy bits powdercoated and rebuilt. When I was stripping down I found a couple of roughly sawn "preload" spacers made out of pipe inside, plus a lot of debris
New progressive springs sorted that problem out, and nice CNC brace all the way from Thailand finished it off. Need to sort out some dust covers and machine some adapter as way of fixing them in place.
As there's not enough meat on the fork after the brace is fitted, the recommendation is to go without dust seals.....I do not like that idea, so came up with a method fitting the dust covers, but I'm going to revisit this over the winter as its a bit carp and the tabs a bit close to the shiny new stanchions for comfort
Over the last few weeks Ive been working on getting the back end sorted along with the foot controls. Knocked up a stainless brake rod and linkage pivot for the brake arm, along with a matching adjusting thumb nut.