Recent content by jetmaroo

OK the bearings are 688rs not 608rs as I wrongly said earlier, so they're 16mm outside dia. 8mm inside diameter and a width of 5mm. I'm using two at the end of each chainstay where it meets the seatstay by the back wheel dropout. I've had to machine a little alloy collar / spacer (16mm o/d x...

SHARKFIN ALERT!!!! I know lots of you guys are on the lookout for these. One has just popped up on a very popular online auction site here in the UK. Item number is 151396743222 PS its not me selling it I'm not spamming!

Re: bearings Ahh yes I've actually checked out that thread before, interesting reading. For cost I'm intending on using 608rs (if I remember rightly) bearings instead and can utilise some of the original bushes but yes I will have to machine some parts too.

shocks Yes well of course try your bike as it is for a while. Carrying round the extra weight of the coil shock will be good training for you anyway! I do have a spare Betd link somewhere, an early one with only two settings but I'm still humming and hah-ing about whether to use it on my...

Re: rear shock I've had 2 Of these FSR's. I'm down to one now as I've just had one stolen. However in terms of rear shocks, I ran a fox float vanilla on my enduro which improved the ride immeasurably over the stock deluxe coil whose damping rebound damping never suited me. My other bike had...

STOLEN Help guys please keep your eyes peeled for a yellow FSR comp stolen from my shed along with a blue kona Cindercone. If you see anything on fleabay, pink bike, Gumtree etc please let me know. The FSR is featured earlier in this topic on page 66. Bike had a mishmash of parts. Hayes disc...

Re: nice Lovely bike. Why have you put it on a barbecue? :-)

Re: brakes What happened to the forks being this months big spend? :-)

Re: forks Get them spacers out and max the travel out.

Kaferboy, I just had another poke about on Rock'n'roll bikes and found this. Same kit, different name, no longer Onza, now called Tensile. http://www.rocknrollbikes.com/trials/br ... erter.html Regards

Hi rear wheel removal is not as straight forward as it would be on a 'normal' bike but then again I rarely take my wheel off. If I puncture- I repair with a patch by pulling the tube out with the wheel in place usually and my bike <just> fits in my car by just removing the front wheel. From...

Ahh sorry yeah you're right. Save a search on fleabay, they come up from time to time. On one of my bikes a 1999 fsr comp, I have used an A2Z adapter but added my own brace bar using a couple of rose joints and a bit of aluminium bar and it works a treat. In fact it's pictured here on...

Re: fork lenth I run two 1998-ish fsr's. One's an enduro the other a comp. I run pace rc41 xcam forks on the fsr enduro (110mm ish travel) and some 130mm travel revelations on the fsr comp. Both have betd links. Pace fork is light and supple and works great with betd on shortest travel setting...

Re: Try online at rock'n'roll bikes.

Re: lol Ha no worries hope someone else stumbles across this who may find it useful.