Bultaco

Here’s a card stock template of a shock mount I was thinking of making out of 11 gauge sheet steel and welding to the frame backbone tubes. But I realized that that … Forward shock mountRead more

As I mentioned earlier, I needed to sleeve the shock mounting holes in the swingarm bosses down from 12mm to 10mm. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the proper dimensions I needed locally, so … Shock bu$hingsRead more

Well, I swapped the XR80R spring onto the Blast damper body. It worked…barely. the Honda spring was just slighty smaller diameter, but there IS a hairsbreadth of light visible between the coils … FrankenshockRead more

Well, it’s official, I am complete and utter dolt. The Buell Blast shock arrived. I headed excitedly to the workbench, eager to see my suspension ordeal finally end in success. Well, there … Buell Blast shock problemsRead more

While waiting for my fourth shock to arrive, I calculated a best guess of the ride height with the Buell Blast unit. I assumed about 15 mm of static sag, double that … Rolling mock-upRead more

I continued heading down the path of welding a shock mount to my swingarm. I bought some 1/4″ steel plate. After about two dozen templates, I was about ready to start cutting. … Rear shock: linkage or bracket?Read more

I put the new bearings and seal in the rear wheel and sprocket carrier yesterday morning, and installed the rear tire last night. I tried this trash-bag method, but couldn’t even get … Rear tire mountedRead more

The bearings and seals for the rear wheel were delayed a week, evidently because of winter storms. I just got them Friday afternoon, and have not had a chance to put my … More suspension ideasRead more

I bought a couple of valve stems, which didn’t fit. Well, duh. Even though my wheels are cast, they’re from 1980 & 1981, which means they’re tube-type. Suzuki didn’t go to tubeless … Tube-type mag wheelsRead more

I finished my steering stops by drilling and tapping my homemade steering stop carrier for 6mm grade 12.9 socket head bolts. I wasn’t sure how much steering lock the bike should have, … Steering stops completeRead more