Yes OK whenever - you need to check to see if my front stand will work. Look at your bike and see if a 25mm bar will pass through the frame behind the headstock under the top tubes and over the airbox. It was OK on mine even with the tank in place.
About the same as mine it seems.......mine was a carbed model. See pics - note the rear one, not even using the front stand to do a swingarm swap.
Yep.........the bike went through many guises; using it regularly and gradually sorted it to how I wanted it. This is how it finally ended up......
Seems measurement should be from centres of eyebolts. Mine is 330mm. Looking around I’ve found differing numbers. Some say pre 99 is 330 and post 99 335mm So potentially my shock is 5mm too short ?
Make of shock? Photo? Some IEs had adjustable shocks. IIRC Carbed SS shock is about 330mm with the later SSie shocks being 335mm long
That would tie up with the shock shown in your last set of pictures. The I.E. shock has a threaded section at the lower eye bolt to "allow" for some fine tuning of the ride height. The extra 5mm that an IE shock give helps quicken the steering quite nicely on the older carbed SS
Yep, I think I said that some time back - non-adjustable for length; probably off a carbed SS. If it works OK, I wouldn't worry about changing it; just drop your front forks through 5mm, that should bring the steering speed back.
Yes I think you did when it was first bought up. Not worried about changing it, maybe get a correct one when it needs replacing. Thanks for the help (again)
Finally got round to tensioning the belts. ( thanks again to @Arquebus for the bolts) I used the Allen key method. Tried the gates app but wasn’t getting consistent results (perhaps because I don’t have an external mic). Bit of paranoia - tensioned them, tightened, checked again, turned engine over a few times (by hand), checked again and repeated too many times
Check them again after 300 miles. By the way, were there some bellville type washers under the old bolt heads which you have re-used?
Had forgotten about this. One of the cam belt covers is broken, see pic. The nut had been glued on, but it hadn’t held. Any tips on repairing ? Glue it again and hope it holds this time ? I don’t think it’s critical but would like to try and repair it or get a replacement.
The cobers are still availabke from Stein Dinse. Repairing this mount will not be strong I dont think. Have you got a bigger picture?
