What You Lot Up To Then,,

[whizzy]

Well i have to say i get great great service from Bob Wright with Fantic stuff mail order. Inmotion have been ok with the Montesa stuff aswell.

[hondafan]

Have to agree with whizzy about good service from most dealers. I usually find that a quick phone call a few hours after the email gives you the chance to discuss the email contents with them directly. Sometimes they might not have looked at the heap of emails, or an item is out of stock, or the payment total is wrong, or the bloody phone keeps ringing.....etc..etc
Dave Renham @ Bultaco uk is ALWAYS keen to help you out, but always try & give them as much relevant information as you can eg. year, model, cc, engine No, etc. Remember they can't see your bike, they can only go on the information that YOU give them.
Rich, if you are still having difficulties, give me a ring - I used to own Bultaco's in the good old days. Either that or buy a Honda - quality products.

[whizzy]

Jun 19, 2009 17:21:13 GMT hondafan said:

......... Either that or buy a Honda - quality products.

He don't need a lawn mower ;D

[whizzy]

The Fantic flywheel is fitted. I used a little valve grinding paste to mate the "new" flywheel to the shaft. She now staarts first kick hot or cold.

Next thing to sort is the forks they seem to stick a bit. I'm going to preload them a bit more- shove another spacer or two in. It might just be the fact they haven't moved much lately.

It also seem quite high geared, certainly wont frighten anyone in the wheelie stakes off the throttle. I'm not quite sure what i should expect.

[luckyrich]

Well you hit the nail on the head guys , they were all to busy for a few days to answer the emails ,,,,,,ive got stuff coming from all over at prez,,,,,just not used to waiting a week ,,,,,,,
Hi hondafan , i had tacos in the old days aswell , tryed many others but always went back to tacos , couldent ride any of them,, ;D ;D,,,then in about 85 i had a twin shock honda 250 , should of kept that one , would of been handy now ,,,
Whizzy just one little thing before you do major surgery on your forks ,,,,loosen the front wheel & bottom clamps ,bounce them up & down see if that makes any diference ,,,,,,,cheers for the responce ,,,,rich,

[luckyrich]

Well i feel AJS mcs of andover deserve a brownie point or 2 , as well , i ordered some stuff saturday , it came this morn ,,,,,,,,i also had a queery on the mk 2 amal on my bike ,pilot jets/blanking plugs ect , ,,,,,,,,they took the time to send me some links with blown up pictures & all the parts numbered & named ,,,,,,,,brilliant ,,,,,,,,just got to sort the test pilot out now ;D ;D,,

[whizzy]

Can the test pilot be fit for Gilingham?

[luckyrich]

No ime afraid not ,,,,, ;D finding it even harder to get parts for the test pilot,,,,,,,,,,hope to come & watch though ,,,,,,

[whizzy]

Maybe if a few of us get together we can make up a half decent body ;D Well maybe not

[luckyrich]

;D Just think in the 70s they had the bionic man,,,,,(must be true saw it on the telly), ,,,,Ive put my name down for a refit , but they said ,you've got more chance of going to the moon on the bus , , so ime not holding my breath ,,,,,,,,
Any way on the bultaco spares saga ,,,,,,Dave Renham has come up trumps on some of the scarce stuff , so hopefully that just leaves the easy stuff ,at this rate monkey boy will be out there before me ,,,,,,,,,ile make sure it gates ok ,,,, ;D he can test it on the bumps & corners ,,,,,,,, , see you all soon ,,,,,rich,

[whizzy]

tis the corners you need to be wary on, Bultos never had any brakes when they were new!

[luckyrich]

These modern riders are spoiled with all these hydraulic disc brakes that work with 1 finger ,,,,,,,,,& stop on a sixpence ,,,,,,,,most of the older riders had a front brake grip that would shatter a billiard ball & a left stamp that would crack concrete ,,,,,,,,,,& that was just to slow down a bit ,,,,,, ;D ;D ;D,,,,thems the days ,,,,,
Ps ive not told monkey boy about the brakes , although the early ones were a lot bigger ,,,,,,,,,,,,orrible ain't i ;D but thats show business,,,,,,,
My 1969/70 ajs stormer has got sealed hubs to keep the water out ,,,,,,,,,,,,i wish ide have seen one of these in the early 70s ,,,,,,,,i would have moded all my bikes ,,,,,just might have still had brakes after the run to the first section at places like bovington,,,,,,,,,ohh well as they say ,,,,,,,

[whizzy]

Even just washing the bike was a right pain with those old drum brakes, had to take 'em apart before they rusted up.

[ojwBMW]

At least your drum brakes were consistently crap, try a modern KTM and see the brake characteristics change between corners!

[fatboy171]

Wats wiv all them big words then, .