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Part 4- refilling the oil and reassembling the leg Refilling the oil: For my bike the oil level was 181mm from the top of the upper tube, with the leg compressed but the spring and preload tube removed. Check what's required for your model; it might be different. Slightly overfill with oil- mine nee...

Part 3: strip down The top of each fork has the electrical connector- they are apparently fragile, so be careful how you disconnect them. Push the small tab in and pull the connector off. Now check (and record) how many rings are showing above the top yoke! After that, unwind the preload nut (you wi...

Part 2: I'm going to assume that you have taken forks apart before, and you have a general toolkit and some mechanical knowledge. My Ohlins forks are model number FL9350. All of the following applies to these forks, and I haven't stripped any other Ohlins forks, so I don't know what differences ther...

I have an Aprilia Tuono with semi automatic forks. Ohlins make a range of these; they're fitted to quite a lot of new bikes now, notably Ducati, KTM, Yamaha and quite a few more. The forks work like normal (right way up) or upside-down ones but the damping (compression and rebound) is controlled by ...

Why not?

I still hang around in here even though I last had a Firestorm ages ago.

But I can still contribute, and, hopefully, help Storm owners.

sirch345 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:10 pm Nice one Tony

So did they confirm it was the disc that was the issue?

Chris.

I knew that already, I'd checked it using my dial test indicator.
One wasn't too bad, the other had a visible wobble.
They trued both, and now braking is back as it should be.

As part of my front end refresh on the forks, calipers and brakes on my Tuono, I checked the runout on my Brembo discs. One was slightly out. The other was quite a bit out, and it had been noticeable when braking for a while. I had been riding round it. But as I was refreshing the whole front end I ...

I've taken the photos, Chris, I'm waiting until it's back on the road before I write up a "how-to" to make sure it all works as it should.

I think we're heading towards an upscaled Scalextric solution, where the cars "drive" along charging/powering tracks on longer journeys, otherwise it makes no sense for anything except urban, local journeys to the out-of-town shopping malls. But it's interesting to see that some manufactur...

Last few days in and off I've been refreshing the fork oil and seals on the Tuono, which is electronic so was new to me. That's now done, but while I was there I wanted to check out a pulsing feeling I have been getting for a while when braking. It feels like a warped disc, so while I had the headst...

Clockworks tonight, once again at the Forum.

Nick, did you mean you could connect two batteries in parallel? Two in series would give 24 volts... On a little 250 cafe racer I built years ago, I used two tiny 6v batteries in series to give 12 volts. I removed the electric start so didn't require the starting amperage., and it was easier to pack...

Were the starter/lead new or overhauled when you installed them? The symptoms you describe sound like you would associate with the starter connection having corrosion or a poor connection! Or the fibre insulating washers or plastic insulating sleeve on the starter connection bolt missing/degraded. ...

I'm booked for Saturday, Al, Tony if you want to stay over let me know. I'm about 25 miles from Elvington That's a kind offer, thanks. Wife is probably joining me, and the journey from Kent is only about two hours so I'll think about travel nearer the time and let you know. Anyone know what time si...