scotty97

Sorry JER if this thread jinxed you!!! ha ha typical. Ordered my kickstart earlier, cant beleive the price on them, but without one the bike is useless so its one of them things. bought a flywheel puller aswell so i can retard the timing slightly. hopefully i wont be snapping the new one then????????????//

Took my 2007 sherco 290 out for a few hours yesterday, when to start the bike, the bike started but kicked back and caught the bottom of my boot, all i could see was a few pieces of metal fly into the air. the kickstart had snapped in two places. i only need the lever so that cuts the cost down a bit (still

Yeah, the frame has a few marks, not the triple clamps. I like the idea of BBQ paint, i think i'l give it a go.

Come on. SOMEONE must know, what paint i can use to touch up my frame??????????

Petrol wise???? Unleaded. Its like as if the rubber has lost its shape and taken a new set, it seems to have twisted and doesnt sit straight on the back of the carb

Its the rubber between carb and airbox and NOT the rubber between the carb and engine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My friend has a 2005 Raga 300 and has noticed that the rubber between the airbox and carb has lost its shape, so bad thats its almost impossible to get it tight on the carb. Anyone else seen this problem????????????

Took my 2007 sherco 290 out for a hour or two lastnite and when washing all the dirt off i notice that i have a fair bit of oil coming from behind the front sprocket, seems like its coming from the sproket shaft seal. I priced a new seal and they are less than two pound, typical in it. Has anyone else had this seal go, and can you change it from the outside????? I changed one on a yzf426 by digging the old one out and sliding the new one on with a socket, but am unsure with a sherco as i've never attempted it.

OHHH, i hav'nt had the carb apart yet so i didnt realise, how often should it be cleaned then?????????

My 2007 sherco 290 has no fuel filter between the carb and the tank, should there be one????????????????????????

I took my 290 sherco out for a little run after changing the oil and that, on the road up to my friends house. the problem is every little hill etc... and you seem to be on the back wheel. quite addictive to be honest. ha ha ha

Whats the best way to clean a gunky chain???????? i been using belray chain lube and the dirt seems to stick to it like sh*t to a blanket. How do you get your clean?

Crash, i popped down to watch that trial lastnight (Taffswell) and my friend took part. Very impressed with the amount of people that entered. Some of the sections were like the M4 at rush hour, ha ha. I've been to watch a few club trials and i think for beginners level the sections were the hardest i've seen, but my friend love it and said it was a good challenge.

Repacked the steering head bearings last week, had the forks off so i thought i'd kill two birds with one stone. Ha ha. End of my gear lever has loads of play in it, so my next job (probably tonight) is to remove it and tighten the rivot up. sometimes it feels like your changing gear and your just moving the toe piece up & down. Copemech, forgot to say, i priced up some of those oilite bearings that you mentioned, they seem to be a lot cheaper than the needle bearings. I had a word with a mechanical engineer in work, he was surprised they used needle bearings that close to the back wheel (mud) as they are known for holding water in the casing of the bearing, he seems to think that the oilite bearingswould be ideal for dog bones etc. let me know if you end up using them and how they perform.

Cheers tony, im glad i didnt try pushing the bearings out now then

Stripped the suspension and linkages down last night to try and get rid of the horrible squeaking noise, luckily i did it now as the bearings were all dry as hell and starting to go orange, took them all out, give them a good clean and they were in good condition. Also cleaned all the crap off the bushes, the bushes had a few little marks, but no grooves etc.... Everything once cleaned was packed with a good quality waterproof grease and re-assembled. Took the bike off the stand and bounced it a couple of times and NO SQUEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The top and bottom shock bearings had quite a bit of grease on them, but i was wondering how you get the bushes out of the bearings. Do they just push out like all the other bushes. After seeing how dry the bearings had gone i'l be servicing these quite often, water must get into these bearings and sit in the bearing cases. Nevermind its all fun and im learning everytime i do something, i'l be a mechanic if i carry on at this rate!!!! ha ha cheers for your help fellas

Just found all the part numbers for all the bearings, dogbones, swing arm and shock. hopefully order them all at the same time, so i got them there ready, just need to make some sleeves now then, anyone know the sizes for the sleeves????? i've had a quick look but none of the websites state the relevant sizes, may be a job of taking the old ones out and measuring them???

Also does anyone know the part numbers or codes of the bearings used, cos i can order them through work direct from a manufacturer, so would only need to purchase the sleeves etc..

Took my 07 Sherco 290 out on the weekend for a couple of hours, and the rear end was make a squeaking noise when going over every little bump (sounded like my bed! ha ha), last time i was out on it, it was quite wet and bike got quite muddy. Had a quick look when i got home and the noise seemed to be coming from the bottom of the shock or the dogbones. When bike was up in the air on the stand (rear wheel off floor) i noticed that there was a couple of mil of vertical movement, doesnt seem to be a lot, just something i noticed. is this normal???? A few weeks previous my needle bearing packed in on the rear brake, so i made an aluminium bronze bush to replace it and it works perfect, has anyone done this mod on the dogbones???? Im hoping that the bearings just need to be repacked with grease and obviously i wont know the state on the bearings until i get them off the bike, just thought i'd ask the questions anyway. What grease do people recommend for these bearings???? any other info or tips on this subject would be appreciated.

Sorry, forgot to say, from mountain ash, 20 mins from taffs well

A trials event on a tuesday????? What time? Location in taffs well?? etc..... what is the event????

I can only find one company in the UK that can get the Kry-lon semi black, but as it would be a special order, there is a minimum amount of 6 cans of the paint. Anyone know a equivalent of the paint thats available off the shelf in the UK???

Ha ha, i had exactly the same problem on my txt270, i hit a tree stump with the one fork leg and thought i had bent it. After some advice on here, i slackened all the bolts except on the top triple clamp, bounced the suspension a few times and tighten the lower triple clamp, bounced the suspension a few more times and the tighten the wheel, then bounced the wheel a few more times and put mudguard back on. By bouncing the wheel it re cenntralises the forks or something like that. All i know is that it works!! by hitting the fork legs they twuist in the clamps. Been getting a bit of practise in have you welshonder???? I wasnt out on the weekend, didnt have my forks back in time, go them back now thou, be fitting them to the bike later. Give me a shout when your back in wales.

Cheers Copemech but they wont deliver to the UK.??????????????

Just checked that website out, what is the name of the paint im looking for on the website. Is it Krylon dupli-colour Black base coat or something else??