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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Suspension - please explain.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Thomas" data-source="post: 121400" data-attributes="member: 485"><p>The Comet rear springs were thinner, A lot of them have been changed to Twin ones over the years.</p><p>Maybe OK with a fully floating seat ?.</p><p>I like to keep my Old Comet looking Standard, Don't Laugh,</p><p>So have kept the seat stays, But changed one spring to a Twin one, I am about 200 lb without all the riding gear = Rides not too bad.</p><p>Are the bearings in the RFM OK ?, Free ?,</p><p>And the seat pivots free ?</p><p>I also don't like high tyre pressures, I run about 26 lb.</p><p>I now put oil or something on the lower rear seat pivots, No tension on the knobs, Bit of loctite to stop them from coming off !, Because we now have the hydraulic damper we don't need anymore stiffness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Thomas, post: 121400, member: 485"] The Comet rear springs were thinner, A lot of them have been changed to Twin ones over the years. Maybe OK with a fully floating seat ?. I like to keep my Old Comet looking Standard, Don't Laugh, So have kept the seat stays, But changed one spring to a Twin one, I am about 200 lb without all the riding gear = Rides not too bad. Are the bearings in the RFM OK ?, Free ?, And the seat pivots free ? I also don't like high tyre pressures, I run about 26 lb. I now put oil or something on the lower rear seat pivots, No tension on the knobs, Bit of loctite to stop them from coming off !, Because we now have the hydraulic damper we don't need anymore stiffness. [/QUOTE]
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