Old bike New owner... Hi!

[wyly]

hey Pim hoe gaat het...200 euros! awesome deal it's in beautiful condition...

[Plinius10]

hey Pim hoe gaat het...200 euros! awesome deal it's in beautiful condition...

Prima! met mij tenminsten...

SOoo While I was visiting a friend I had a taste of driving at night on small back country farm roads... That was exiting.
But I have to say after an hour of trying to guess where there might be an road crossing it got a bit intensive than I had thought.
The visit was nice, and he gave me and old tankbag of his! Awesome. He also gave me some magazines on proper cornering
So I have some reading to do.

Aaanyway, Just before I left I saw some shininess near the rear axle on the right side... Oh oh, usually I have to work to get the bike shiny.



Great, leaking shock. Which led me to the next problem.
I know the shocks aren't stock. But I have no idea what brand the are.
And if i can rebuild them or if I have to buy new ones. That'll double the bike in value I'm sure!

And usually this type of shocks are mounted the other way round right?
I'm starting to think the previous owner mounted them upside down.(sorry for the crappy phone pics..)


Could that also be the problem with them leaking?
I haven't done any proper research on this kind of shock so maybe it's just asking for problems mounted this way.
If anyone can shed some light on the matter, please do

Last one: the logo if you know the brand please let me know.
I'm off to to some shock(ing) research!


Bye!

[Plinius10]

Soo a dinner and some fact finding later, I have found that indeed they are upside down
And also that they are Marzocchi's. I haven't found much on different models, but they seem to be AG Strada?
For which I can't seem to find rebuild kits yet. Quite shocking (Phun intendid yes...) i found that a pair of used strada's cost the same as i payed for the bike

I've found a manual for the Strada's and if I'm correct they have an separate oil and air system. But because it's mounted the wrong way maybe it's pushing the oil out the wrong way too.
I'll turn them around and have a look while they're off the bike.

I'll keep you posted!

[ddaniels]

Just to add one more "What a great looking bike and love the fairing!"
The accumulator part of the shock looks like it's in the proper position, but yes, usually the springs are at the top. Odd.

[wyly]

they shouldn't be leaking even if they are upside down and it doesn't look like there is enough room to mount them the other way.

My Tec shocks are mounted the same way and don't leak and I only paid $200 for my Tecs. I imagine with some shocks it can cost as much to rebuild them as a new set would cost. A pair of Ohlins would worth rebuilding I don't know about the brand you have.

[Plinius10]

...I only paid $200 for my Tecs...

me too, and I got a free bike with them!
I'll order the rebuild kit in the coming days.
they are around €90,- with shipping, so a lot cheaper than a new set.
And I don't like the idea of a used set because mine seemed fine too...
So when the set arrives I'll post the process!

[Plinius10]

Soo I'm getting used to the bike after some miles I put on it. I decided to ditch the fairing for the summer months as I like the looks better whitout it, but loved the windstopping effect in the winter So some time ago I bought the brackets for the headlight and removed the rust. The paint is drying as I type and that brings me to the following question:
To mount the brackets I have to remove the top steering plate. As I read it in the books its a matter of
-removing the chocke cable
-unscrewing the instrument pannel
-unscrewing the lock nut where the chocke cable goes trough
-unscrewing the 3 pinch bolts on the forks and the bearing part.

And that should do the trick I believe.
But I'm not quite sure if i can do this whitout messing up the fork alignment?
Or is it just popping the thing of, add the brackets, and popping the plate back on and thats it?

Any tips or trick I should know?

Thanks in advance!

Pim.

color is now black gloss


Last weekend 230 mile trip


Random trip to steinfurt in germany

[Plinius10]

Oh and another thing that is less fun, I found out that my bike used 350cc of oil on the 230 mile trip... It doesn't smoke it doesn't leak... it sweats a bit around the leftside cover. so I'm not sure where it teleports the oil to but maybe the cillinder springs are done? any other sugestions?

[Rijko]

But I'm not quite sure if i can do this whitout messing up the fork alignment?
Or is it just popping the thing of, add the brackets, and popping the plate back on and thats it?

Just pop it off and on, the bottom yoke holds it all in place.

mooie GS !

[Plinius10]

Thanks rijko! that makes for a lot less trying to hold on to all the parts as I unfasten the plate

[GS1150Pilot]

It is so great to have folks from the Netherlands on here. Great people!

[Rijko]

It is so great to have folks from the Netherlands on here. Great people!

thank you Sir !
Right back at ya - i have been working with US based colleagues for 17 years
and worked for the US army as a civilian for several years before that and enjoyed that a lot. The folks on this forum are great to hang with, too !

[Plinius10]

Small photo update:

This was last weekend, it's a spot the vehicles game
(notice the fairing still on the gs)


Then some sand blasting and some painting of the brackets


And the big change to the summer setup !!
Popping the top steering plate was indeed easy as pie.
I thought to move the blinkers from the back to the front becouse I have an krausser k2 luggage set waiting to be mounted. and the frame for that have blinkers intergrated. But that's another project. So for now i mounted the blinkers I had laying around from my BSA a7 bike


And after a short test ride I became aware I was mirror less... so tadaa!




And some ride pics at the local decomissioned airfield near my place.





Cheers!

[dorkburger]

Looks great! An uneasy vulnerable feeling it is to check for traffic only find you have no mirrors. I did that once also.

[Rijko]

some years ago i bought a Reevu helmet with built-in rear view mirror.

It's not perfect, like on bumpy roads the mirror trembles and you can't see.
But it beats just rear view mirrors and i love it, never want to do without it again.