You can get the dents out of the tank by filling it with water and sticking it in a chest freezer ..... you don't have to fill the entire tank ..... just make sure the part with the dents is below the water line .... the same method can be used for getting dents out of pipes ......
For shocks ... you can probably find a set of Boge Mulhollands ..... Fast Ace mono shocks will be way too stiff with two of 'em on there ......
Maybe a pair of Kitaco shocks will work since they are pretty piss weak as a single shock .... they're basically one shock out of a paired set .....
Yeh thats how im doing it, the water and freezer trick. What if the Fastaces are adjusted to the "softess" mark?? Where can I get boge mullhollands? Would they be good shocks for the RM?
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The Fast Ace shocks have 250 lb springs so even at the lowest settings 2 would add up to 400 lbs + ....
You find Boges now and then mostly on ebay US ....... but they've gone up in price lately due to all the crazed XR kooks who'll pay stupidly high prices for things .... There used to be a guy selling Boge Orcas for $50 US + $35 to OZ a pair BRAND NEW .... but he's sold out now .... I grabbed a set for my twin shock XR 75 rebuild .......
I found some info Boge Mulhollands on Planet Minis :
How long are your stock RM50 shocks ? BTW I've got an RM50 pipe here ..... My brother-in-law was going to rebuild and restore one but the dork in the US wrongly sent us a JR50 pipe at first ... then by the time the RM pipe got here my relo copped out and I got stuck with it ...
You'll most likely find cheap shocks from a scooter place in Asia ... Or Motorcycle Accessories Supermarket might sell stock type shocks in the right length ........
The RM shocks are the same size as fastace shocks... How stiff do you think it would be with 2 fastaces on with the lowest setting available??? Right now I can pretty much go over a little rut and the shocks bottom out. Yeh what type of pipe is it???? Just a stock one or an aftermarket one???? Ive heard rumors that ktm50sx pipes fit on the RM50s????. I would love to get a new muffler for it as its loud as fuck and you cannot repack the muffler.
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*Old ass Suzuki RM50
*88 VL Berlina 5 Speed
*DHZ140: 12" 10" wheels, ASV leavers, Fastace 66rc shock, 1/4 turn throttle, polished intake manifold, a broken fake H-bomb exhaust, removed choke and a spot light. [SOLD]
Just ONE 250 lb shock would be too stiff since there's basically zero leverage increase where your stock shocks are located .....
IF you moved the shocks forward at the bottom then the leverage would be increased ...... They moved the shocks forward at the top to make them STIFFER than stock .....
IF you could get a pair of softer springs you might get them to work but the damping will more than likely also be way too much even at the minimal settings ..... the rebound damping has to be strong to resist the force of the spring ......
Have you thought about fitting a pitty "A" swingarm and one Fast Ace mono shock ?? A relo fitted a straight swingarm and shock to an XR75 and the swingarm was a bolt on fit ........ he just had to weld on a top mount and it works really good considering the shock is a bottom of the line stock Atomic type shock ...... a BS-66 RC would be stacks better .......
The pipe I've got is a stock RM50 pipe with no muffler ......
So what do you think I should do??? A style swingarm or a straight swingarm??? I have a DHZ140 straight swingarm sitting in the shed. I might end up using that.
Edit. Just checked the shed, its not there. My mate must of sold it.
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*88 VL Berlina 5 Speed
*DHZ140: 12" 10" wheels, ASV leavers, Fastace 66rc shock, 1/4 turn throttle, polished intake manifold, a broken fake H-bomb exhaust, removed choke and a spot light. [SOLD]
*99 RM125 [SOLD]
*99 CR80 [SOLD]
*1970s Z50J [SOLD]
*86 VL Berlina shitty auto pos [SOLD]
Last edited by motoluver : 12-07-2008 at 10:13 PM.
I want one of these, you gonna post some riding-vids soon?
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