5th Letter from Dave

Yasu

With the front end complete I turned my attention to the rear wheel and suspension. I found the rear brake just as easy to overhaul as the front, like the front I sprayed the disc brake covers with silver paint intended for car wheels and the brake caliper assembly satin black. The rear shock appeared to be ok ,still containing oil and showing no sign of any wear or leakage. The linkages on the other hand proved to be a different story, with the bushes worn oval and the corresponding hole in the linkage to be worn. Rather than replacing the link arms and bushes I pressed some PTFE into the link and bored it out to take the original bolt. The standard CBX swing arm is a beautifully cast alloy affair, so I decided to polish this up for maximum effect. This job took longer than I expected but the finished swing arm really looks good. When I stripped the frame the original steering head bearings looked ok, so these went back in. Apart from increasing the air pressure in the rear shock the CBX has no other means of adjusting the rear suspension, so while I had the frame stripped down I welded some lugs onto the frame and filed the shock mounting hole into a slot. So even if raising the rear of the bike upsets the handling it'll be no trouble to return the suspension to it's original setting.

Yasu

I've deliberately avoided going into detail with a lot of the work, but if anyone want's to know more, feel free to contact me on Headd@agrevo.com
Dave

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Dave Head
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