In times past people on here have written of sections of gutter downpipe, pieces cut from paint containers, pot noodle pots and my own method; slices of yoghurt pots. Just need to make sure you overlap the ends a little and use cable ties to bind them round which you can cut off with snips once the ...

Different years had different amounts of circular 'O' rings round the OUTER studs where the counterbores are or are not. Either 2 or 4 or even none, so all you do is buy that number and put them in. They actually dont really work so a bit pointless but better than nothing hence the variation in numb...

Thank you for the offer but i'm good. I am not now the expert having looked at precisely 1 website containing details but the gallery and menu of prices for options says it all. I think all would be very clear if you took the tyre off. I would expect to see two 360 degree welds about 2 inches apart ...

Thank you much appreciated. I see it now, they do a mod to the width which may also come with an increase in diameter if required. Clearly they wont be doing any magnesium wheels!
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Can you give a little more detail about the back wheel please. As far as i know the standard rear is 17 inch by around 3 inch wide. That one says 18 inch by 5.00 inch if i am reading correctly. I have only seen 'weld up' steel wheels before so is the 'New' 18 inch a consequence of both wider and dee...

Hi Gus yes the message was for you regarding a Z1R frame but it was an e-mail not a pm sorry if it didnt come through.
I have re-sent but as a pm with my phone number on it.
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Thanks gray, its on my list.
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Forgot to mention; one 'constant' (see 'constant pain in the f&*^i&g a&*e') is the point where the earth return runs from a tapped hole on the back of the crankcases to the battery. Where the ring terminal bolts on there, it builds up a layer of aluminium oxide and annually i have to scr...

I would be surprised if any parts are interchangeable between 4 and 2 brush set-ups but you never know. Perhaps the easiest thing would be to source a good 4 brush motor and re-furb it or yours because the standard system doesnt struggle therefore something must be amiss. A really good clean up in t...

The chain cant jump the sprocket on the crank because there is a bolt there to stop it. However, it can jacknife and jam. Possible but very unlikely. If you are taking the cam cover off to check and adjust 'shim on top' then all you need to do is remove the locking cross slide. Leave the spring load...

CMSNL has the rear sprocket at 41 teeth but i dont see the number of links in a standard 630 chain. No matter, to convert a 41 tooth sprocket from 630 to 530: divide 41 by 5 and then multiply by 6. That gives you 49.2 teeth for the replacement rear sprocket at the 530 chain size. The front sprocket ...

That should be the nylon piston ring that sits in the groove at the top of the damper rod.
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Dug out the receipt for the ones i bought from M&P but un-helpfully they dont have the part number. The sprocket number is 528.17 or JTF528.17 A google searh of this number will find you any number of suppliers for about £20. example https://chainsandsprockets.co.uk/products/jtf-528-front-drive-...