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Technical => Bike Problems/Questions => Topic started by: andy230 on May 10, 2010, 09:03:48 PM
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Oh woe is me! My brethren, advise me in my hour of need!
Recently on the DR: fork seals, brake pads, rear wheel bearings, chain and sprockets, re-pack the can, clean, polish and generally make acceptable, and slightly more legal.
I was a little irked to see the forks leaking on Friday, but resigned to getting them off and giving them to "the shop".
Imagine however, my dismay when I saw this morning that the rear shock was also leaking. Ah fuck! >:( However, there was still damping this morning.
Not so on return this evening! Like a bloody trampoline!!
So, what to do?
A hagon shock is 300 quid. So thats clearly not going to happen, given recent outlay.
Is a monoshock rebuildable?? Ebay trader reckons a hundred quid, plus carriage. Resonable? Boyd, didn't we get the racer shock rebuilt? How much was that?
A rough 2nd hand one is 50 quid plus carriage, but that seems like a bit of a waste of cash for someone else old rubbish.
Alternatively, I could punt the whole shebang, and waste the cash I've just paid out.
I'd get a couple of hundred for it. Or spend another couple of hundred to keep it.
I hate throwing stuff away, but its getting a wee bit too dear!!!
any advice appreciated
Dr. Despondant ???
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Bad luck matey :'( Think you've got to take a position on the bikes value to you. If all else is good, she's running sweet and you plan on putting miles on her, then £300 over a year ain't that bad.
If it's used once in a blue moon, all else looks dodgey and sounding rough, then cut your losses.
Might want to look on ebay for another one and put the two together to build 1 good bike.
If it was me i'd invest some time into seeing if it can be re-built or try the scrappy's. I've had a few bits from scrappy's and I've never been supplied with rubbish.
Hope my perfect example of fence sitting helped ;D
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Hi andy,
Been in the same situation myself, I chose to buy the Hagon unit as I understand the original can not be rebuilt, Hagon were really helpful and built a unit to suit what I do with the bike and my weight (ok cue in 002 and Rod G). I have not had to adjust the unit now in 4 years and it proved to be the last big thing I needed to get the bike sorted out. If you intend to keep the bike and use it then go ahead, get it done, if you are selling it in 3 weeks time leave it to the next owner.
John
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Firstly I'll echo what the others have said with regards to replacing it. I've a Hagon item in my DR600 and it's ok. Another option could be Nitron, they built a shock for my Tenere, and very nice it is too. Failing that, and without wishing to seem like too much of a vulture, I'd be interested in the bike if you decided to move it on, I'm after a DR to convert for Flat track racing next year.
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Hmmmmm
thanks guys. Devil you know I suppose....
I have a few irons in the fire, but 300 quid is a fair whack for a bike I only use for work (tho admittedly, it always starts, and usually stops after a fashion, doesn't get knicked even if I leave the keys in it, and can lie out in the rain, plastic guards are good for spills, tank is steel but nice, it has a big top box, good tyres,....)
Hmmmm :-\ Looks like I'm keeping it. And having to find 300 squid :'(
Tho I have always quite fancied an enfield.... Anyone got/ know of a 350 reasonably cheap?? Possibly consider a 500, but I will only really use it to get into central london for work....
I think I am too tight! Just had a look, and even enfields are not that cheep!
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I'd be interested in the bike if you decided to move it on, I'm after a DR to convert for Flat track racing next year.
Hello mate,
Well, you'd be very welcome to 1st refusal if I get shot of it. However:
There is a crack on the lower frame tube, next to the tack where I welded over the last crack :D so maybe not the best basis for a racer! I always paint over it just before MOT :o but argue with him that the engine holds the frame together anyway....! And it always passes!
the engine is a noisy old bastard, tho admittedly it has never gotten any worse in the 16,000 miles I've hammered it (always regular oil changes mind). But I dont think it would last a season at full bore without a rebuild.
Plenty of good bits on it tho. No lecky start (good for racing I s'pose?)
Will let you know what I end up doing...
(got anything you want rid of?!)
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Cheers for the first refusal offer. As for the welding and rebuild, that's no problem at all.
Got a GPZ500 to potentially move on, but it needs some TLC. Oh and a Jawa/MZ beast.
Anyway, bear me in mind.
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I have had a supposedly unrebuildable rear Showa shock rebuilt by Revs Racing in Halesowen a couple of years ago.I think it cost about £100.Might be worth giving them a shout.
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Cheers for the first refusal offer. As for the welding and rebuild, that's no problem at all.
Got a GPZ500 to potentially move on, but it needs some TLC. Oh and a Jawa/MZ beast.
Anyway, bear me in mind.
GPz500, no ta, (but no offence), whats the Jawa/MZ??? Thats got me interested (maybe!)
I have had a supposedly unrebuildable rear Showa shock rebuilt by Revs Racing in Halesowen a couple of years ago.I think it cost about £100.Might be worth giving them a shout.
Thanks Dave, most guys are coming in around that mark. Can't really complain that the cost is not reasonable, its skilled labour, and specialist parts...
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Oh and a Jawa/MZ beast.
GPz500, no ta, (but no offence), whats the Jawa/MZ??? Thats got me interested (maybe!)
1974 Jawa frame, MZ250 engine, YPVS pipe, Dunstall bodykit, Suzuki GSX250 forks and wheels, BMW R90 bikini fairing. It's, erm, interesting. I have plans to strip it back and do something a little fresh with it. We shall see.
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I understand the original can not be rebuilt
Andy,
I just checked up on this, I actually bought the unit from Hagon 9 years ago and it cost £180, I am still using it unadjusted. It is highly likely that the rebuild situation has changed in this time so I should have said "at that time I understood that the original could not be rebuilt", but as the bike only retired from regular daily use some 3 years ago and became a winter bike I think it's not bad value for money. Sorry about the duff info.
John
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1974 Jawa frame, MZ250 engine, YPVS pipe, Dunstall bodykit, Suzuki GSX250 forks and wheels, BMW R90 bikini fairing. It's, erm, interesting. I have plans to strip it back and do something a little fresh with it. We shall see.
Hmmmm!! Maybe I like (even if it is a stroker....)
Any pics?
Is the frame definately built in 74?? ie. not, maybe, 1973, if you see where I'm going with this no-tax-to-the-tories type idea?? ;D
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This is the only picture I have of it, and I'm afraid it is very much a 1974 bike.
(http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/phatphord/bikes/DSC00316-1.jpg)
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Thanks for the piccy! Looks interesting!
But I think its going to be cheapest and easiest to just get a new shock.
Will check if the OEM is rebuildable once its off.
thanks for info & chat, gents
a
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No worries, could you do me a favour though? If your 650 has the rear disc, could you measure the diameter and length of the lever pivot for me please? Or even a picture of how the lever locates on the frame would be appreciated. Cheers
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diameter and length of the lever pivot for me please?
Hi mate, Pedal to pivot is 20cm (approx, by steel rule!). Pivot to m/cyl clevis (towards the rear wheel) is about 5cm.
Or even a picture of how the lever locates on the frame would be appreciated.
The pivot goes thru the frame, secured with a big washer and split pin on the inside. Crude but effective!
Cheers, andy
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well if its just for work, i could do you a trade on aall original running and mot'd 9700 mile 1975 honda 90??? ;D
well, i had to ask ;D ;D ;D