Dont know if they make them work better, though suppost to as more rigid. Alan Whitton 01246 419 805 does plates, replica hubs, frames, PVL ignition and lots more.
No injury but hard to explain to the passing dog walkers. Trying to clean a tight practice section with small round stones at the start of a steep climb. Kept lossing a dab or two, determined to clean it gave it a real handful, wheel spun, gripped, bike went right over my head and ended about 6' up a tree wedged in the fork of two branches. Took some time and help to retrieve.
There should be an adjuster on the of the carb, will probably have a black rubber cover on it, ease the cover up, making sure that you dont pull the cable with it. Turn the adjuster anti clockwise looking down to take out the slack. Before starting the bike open and close the throttle and make sure you can hear the slide clunk as it closes. If ok push the cover back down.
Many thanks for the replies, certainly an interesting perspective.
I myself have never ridden one but will remedy that this summer.
Any period brochure pics would be fantastic. My friend has gone with the geen Kawa tank and not the gollner yellow peril as I think they were known.
In my whole riding experience i have only ever seen 1 compete in a trial that was in south yorshire in the late seventies ridden by a guy called Chris Pears I think.
I think I might have the original book that came with it, more like a workshop manual if memory serves.
I think that is a very accurate assessment of the KT. Must be a few of them kicking about this part of the world as I seem to remember 4/5 at the time. My one was very reliable and was used to commute as well as compete. I would be interested to try one one with modern tires, rear shocks etc. The only problem I had was it ran out of sparks during a very damp period, the cure at the time was to put the CDI unit somewhere warm for a few days. As you say the forks were not a strong point, I recall that sometimes they would kick back for no apparent reason, usually sending you off in the wrong direction. Do you use the chain oiler ? I doubt it as it was fantastic for spraying the stuff everywhere, or not coming out at all. Do you think it will ever achieve classic status?
Not on a Gollner, but I'm using Falcons on a standard KT and they work very well.
I've had them with a slightly longer top mounting (12mm approx) to help with the steering and also dropped the yokes about 25mm but Gollner may well have different steering so applying same mods to that may not work the same.
How do you like the KT ? Not a bike that I found to be exceptional in any department, but still not a bad bike.
Many years ago, popped a wheely and came off the back, jumped back on again hitting my right shin on the footrest. Then proceeded to go half way through a garage door, just for show! Still have a lump on my shin that I can flex, as apparently the membrane that hold the muscle in had ruptured.
Drill two small holes at opposite side and underneath the shell. Use a good quality punch to drift the shell out. I personally wouldn't use this method on alloy frames.
If I remember correctly these are bronze bushes rather than needle rollers.
If they are, then try putting some grease or thick oil into the hole/bearing (into which the shaft fits). Support the other side of the case in the area of the bush then fit the shaft and hit the other end with a soft but heavy mallet.
By hydraulic effect you should find the bush is driven out, but be careful of oil/grease being squirted out into your face.
Be careful you keep enough grease/oil in the bush so that the shoulder of the shaft does not contact the shoulder of the bush you're trying to remove.
This works if bearings not to tight. Boiling water pored over casings is the Haynes recommended way to get blind bearings out.
having a number of tool boxes ( i'm a central heating engineer) for work i have my sparks box, gas box, soldering box, masonary box, drill box, some have duplicates in one or more boxes but this way i know that if i pick up my soldring box everyhting i could ever need would be in it.
same goes for my bikes 3 bikes ( two metric one imperial) just finished putting together a box for my beta. i bought a set of spanners and allen keys, toched every fastner with them then set aside all the spanners/ keys not used so they dont go in the box. added a flat blade screw driver a phillips ( size 2) driver. pliers ( with a cutting edge) i have air filter cleaner and oil, two stroke oil, gear oil, wd40, contact cleaner. tyre pressure gauge.
that all fits in a nice biscuit tin and comes to every trial not needed anything else yet...
I have a box that goes in the back of the car with a set of basic tools that I never take out in the garage (in case I forget to put them back in again)
which also includes trailer spare wheel, trailer spare hub, tubes, 2 stroke, links and chain, air filter, condensors etc etc
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