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now that the bearings are out i’s time to get the new ones in. unfortunately it is difficult to find the special tools required to professionally press in the new bearings … so a little ghetto engineering is on the cards.good thing the 6900 2rs bearing internal diameter is pretty much precisely an m10 thread. the…

there is this problem with the uncharacteristically rough roller bearings in the linkage of my favourite nomad. the old bearings have to come out before the new ones go in, but there is no way to get any purchase on the outer race and once you start hitting the inner race the whole bearing just…

when it comes to bearings sticky is definitely not what you want. and those bearings are very, very stick. unfortunately. see those grimy rusty and overall pretty gross bearings in the lower link? then again this is not a difficult problem to fix, i need 8 bearings and a few seals, a bit of grease…

when i bought the honda (see: all my bikes ) i decided to try a little enduro racing. for me this was the fulfilment of a dream: i always wanted to try it, but earlier on simply did not have the money. i started in 1996, and the first races came as a big surprise: i…

i have owned a few bikes over the years, some were ridden extensively, others only on occasions. and there were a few that i was not too excited about (in hindsight). here is a short list.