Getting rid of the air assist and I got a question!

[MellowMoodz]

Hey all! I put progressive fork springs in my 82 650G and have been running them with no air. The other day I purchased some drag bars and went to swap them out. When doing this I noticed some oil up top. Curious, I went to remove the caps that cover the schrader valve for the air assist and found BOTH of them broken and barely holding on. I have no idea how this could have happened, but it did. Now, since I don't use the air assist I would like to remove these caps completely as they hinder me from dropping the front end and installing my cafe bars and my drag bars. I saw a member here Darkbane who cafe'd his 650G and he removed the top cap and replaced it with a cap with no air assist valves. I did PM him but as of yet he has not responded. I was wondering if any of you other fellow GS'rs have any suggestions as to what I may use. Are there any other GS models that do not have air assist forks that maybe I can replace the top cap with? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[SqDancerLynn1]

Your best bet would be to find a friendly machinist to make you some.. Even if you go to the non air type cap you will have the big integrated nut on the top so not much gain. SO look for some from a early 70"s thru 77 Or go to a newer style fork

[posplayr]

Your best bet would be to find a friendly machinist to make you some.. Even if you go to the non air type cap you will have the big integrated nut on the top so not much gain. SO look for some from a early 70"s thru 77 Or go to a newer style fork

it would be easier to tap and put in a brass hex plug. 1/4" PNT tap is real handy for that.

get a couple of these at your H/W store

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1-4-NPT-brass-pipe-hex-socket-allen-plug-fuel-fitting-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem19baaf58cfQQitemZ110506236111QQptZBoatQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQ5fGear

[MellowMoodz]

And they're done!

Thanks to Lynn's suggestion I went to my buddies machine shop. He is the premiere shop when it comes to round machine work, and this is what he spun up for me......cannot wait till I get home from work to try em out.

[bwringer]

Thanks to Lynn's suggestion I went to my buddies machine shop. He is the premiere shop when it comes to round machine work, and this is what he spun up for me......cannot wait till I get home from work to try em out.

Oooh, purty!

How much? He could likely sell several sets around here.

And if someone ever designs a nice little preload adjuster that fits 850G forks...





Oh, and thanks for quoting me in your sig. I just noticed that, and it sure was nice to see!