Barry, Keep us up dated on your rebuild progress and what parts and part numbers where required. I just finally got my rear Ohlin in, I've had the front for a few months, after waiting for ever. I might as well know what parts I will need before starting to install them...:>)
John "Hawke" Laurenson, Jr. http://www.hawkeoiler.com/ > From: Barry Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: GTS-1000 Owners List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 19:21:22 -0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Fw: Fournales for Yamaha GTS1000 > > Well I got the rear one on today and that was enough. I'm still nursing my > back after a slipped disc. > > One thing for certain is that I'm not going to be able to tell very much > about the shock for a while. I knew the shock lower bearing was NFG at the > linkage, so I had one ready. However with the shock disconnected I could > feel that the front linkage bearing had gone too. That one involves far more > work as far as I can see. I've left the whole lot to do when my back > improves > > > Barry Edwards > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 7:00 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: Fournales for Yamaha GTS1000 > > >> I wish you well. Just sharing previous experience of former attempts by >> various manufacturers to do the same thing. None of them happen to be > doing >> it any more. Fox Air shox comes to mind right off. Another example would > be >> how the forks (antiquated front suspension and steering devices) used to > use >> compressed air as the spring or spring assist. Fork manufacturers got away >> from that practice and actually started going the other way to providing a >> way to bleed of the pressurized air. Nowadays, on those dinosaurs that > still >> use forks, they use the free air space as a tuning tool. It is becoming >> increasingly common for manufacturers to quote fork oil levels when >> discussing the correct amount of oil in the fork. If a person wants to >> stiffen the forks, they can add 5mm or 10 mm fork oil level. Again, they > are >> controlling the free air space above the fluid, the actual volume of fluid >> being increased is not the deciding factor. >> RSRBOB
