Shuriken

Yes on the pick set. It was just what I needed to clean the gasket seats! I've already ordered a rear caliper rebuild kit and will look...

Tightened. 45mph head shake gone. Testing 10mph faster increments now...

Calipers rebuilt. Stainless lines installed. All 4 pistons were essentially gunked up or stuck. There was a lot of solid varnished up...

Alright... it's back together finally. Test ride reveals super smooth steering but... too loose. Shimmy shake on decel at around 45...

That 500 would be a fun bike to ride! I currently have a 74 Suzuki 125 smoke stroke that has the hi/low gear selector. It also has an...

Medic, those are gorgeous bikes. I love seeing the various engineering involved in the brake designs...

Alright... however for my next trick, Okie2ee gets all the credit for the idea... After getting one piston out easily, the other was...

So you installed this sheet rock screw into the banjo bolt to block grease? Cool! I noticed that the bolts that hold the calipers onto...

I found the grease gun method on the bleeder screw side to be astoundingly simple and effective at releasing one piston. I will have to...

Spotted a local vmax and had to stop and chat of course. I got to see in person the various mods people do to create more stability...

In post #84, you can see that these forks have what looks like progressively wound springs of some type. What is the correct spring...

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Got the replacement triple tree lower yesterday, although the bearing puller tool hasn't arrived yet. Couldn't stand to just sit there...

Ordered one of the MotionPro tools. Hopefully it works slick. Reassembling forks using a homemade damper rod holder. 3ft rod with 4...

Just posting a couple of links to various tools for anyone who might take on this project in the future. Over the past 20 years, there...