Swiss Toni

And, the second bike is ... ?

You might try Big CC, Roger Upperton ect?

Hello mate. Welcome!

Hello Tim.

Take your grease gun nozzle off the gun. Screw the hose gently into the caliper. Pump! 99.99% of pistons will come out. No fuss!

Good to hear the lads were willing to help out!

Hagon.

You’re well named! Welcome to OSS!

https://alpha-sports.com/spart.php?part_number=22721-27A02

Don’t get too close ... looks like it bites!

Welcome, Jim.

01227-454366. Think they’re in Canterbury.

Nice Slab! Welcome!

Saw these on another forum. Interesting to those looking for alternatives?

Michael/Michelle are pretty helpful. The only other thing I can think of is, you can get codes from parts fisches.

Call Robinson’s?

Ok. GOOD LUCK!

Some prefer the cable operation to hydraulic. Many go from hydro setup to cable. Just sayin’

It’s Oil of Wintergreen. Or Wintergreen Oil? Can’t remember! It’s got to be diluted with water, but it works!

I think the best bet, if you come across a cable that’s a pig to replace, is to take the carbs off, replace the cable, (at the carb end), then the carbs. Then feed the cable back to the throttle. If you use a ‘messenger’, it’s easier.

Keep the Airbox. Heat the rubbers up with a hair dryer or boiling water. There used to be some kind of concoction you steeped the rubbers in overnight, and they were quite supple in the morning. Buggered if I can remember what it was. Someone on here might?

Cut & shut stem is perfectly ok if done by a competent welder. Cut it, turn a tight enough slug, chamfer both ends of the stem. Fit the assembly to the frame, and tap the top of the stem until you get the length you require. MARK the stem before you give it to the welder, and explain what the marks are for. Dress the stem on completion. Done!

And so it does! I can’t see why Suzuki would put a bearing in, with no means of getting it out undamaged. If there’s definitely no lip, weld a ring around the race, and it’ll shrink. To avoid the same problem in the future, get your Dremel and grind a couple or slots (or three) equidistant around the inside of the neck. This’ll enable you to get a small drift/screwdriver around the outer, to knock it oot!

Get yourself one of these. I fucked about with punches, drifts & long screwdrivers for hours. Everything slips off the lip of the bearing! When I got this, I had my outer bearings out before before the postman was out of the street! Well worth the money!

Stripes finish it off nicely. Looks great!