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Thank you all very much. these tips should get me there. I had a thought in the wee hours that the previous owner must have over tightend and or used loctit (to much) So I will heat the allen bolt as well to help it along. Happy holidays and let us not forget the reason for the season.

Howdy ... I am having trouble figuring out how to remove the damper rod from my 1986. I saw the post by midnight max but I didn't get it. I'm 68 and a little slow sometimes. I don't want to buy a tool for a one time job.I hope it's only one time. I do have a welder. Thanks in advance for any...

luis curtis Afew years ago I bought one at wally world. Some have a big selection.

to 3 max... you ain't the only one. LOL!

Thank you 71-340 for the info on the fork tubes. I have to replace mine this winter, as the are bent (po problems ) . Thanks also to Doc Doom for the video. Wish I could do that, techno dummy. Cheers

Back then my JIS was a standard driver or a small chisel. Very few repeats for those screws. Thankful for the impact drivers. I Finally found JIS on ebay and yes my local Yammy dealer mech. was not aware of them and I know he went to one of the schools ????? .

Not my usual solution, but, does 86 ring a bell? 👽

P.O.vet I have recently installed an ignitec on my '86 and like it very much. cheers

was that english?

Welcome Hugo....got the boost?

In response to fork boots, they are or were known as gators. cheers.

fire med.....cannot thankyou enough for the info. He is having trouble with the wiring, he says the colors donot match up also the 2 stroke oil feed lines are missing and very hard to find. I suppose he could make them if there was a pattern (picture). again thanks in advance for any leeds.

I go to ace hardware for most hard to find fasteners. take a like one with you and measure it with that do- dad that hangs on the bin. They also have some chrome stuff. Just saying Wayne

While I'm at it...I found that the pickup coils for '85 to '89 1200 are verry hard to find and expensive if you do. Was thinking if a number of us post a request for them, say @ rics electronics, caltric or even exactrep etc. something might happen. I can see many usable bikes being parted...

My best friend acquired a 1974 suzuki GT 750 . The bike needs many parts and he needs a forum, hopefully one as good as this one . He tells me these bikes are very popular across the pond but they don't seem to warm up to yanks as far as help goes. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in...

gentsvmax: Thanks for the insight.

I need to top off the glycerine in my oil pressure gauge. will generic store bought stuff mix or should I drain and refill?Been searching the web and came up empty. thanks for any insight.

Can't resist the twist. :cool:

V85WICK I recently installed an ignitec from morleys muscle and it works very well. The carbs were already off so that made it easier, also while I had better access to the coils It seemed a good time to change the coil to plug wires, I used cooper core, so far as I can tell there is no...

The older I get , the more important those switches get. :cool: