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How popular were these air cooled mono shocks back in their day?

I had one in 2002, my first trials bike.

Feeling a bit nostalgic, I`ve spent the last month looking for one and I`ve only found two for sale, one of them had half the engine missing and a seized crank.

Are they/were they really that rare?

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^^ Ha, yep, never thought about oil tightness ruling a bike "non classic." ^^

I wasn`t riding in 89/90 so I don`t know how popular they were from new and in 2002, as a wobbly un-coordinated mess, I was too busy trying to keep me and the bike together and upright to notice what bikes other people were riding.

I did find a report on them on line in Moto Verde magazine but, as my Spanish stops at ordering a beer.................

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They were good bikes yes

There's a facebook group - hard to find twinshock trials and aircooled mono

There is a bit about the aircooled mono Gasser on there. The model was called an Airie (think that's the correct spelling) might help you find more info on them

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You need to trawl down through the Facebook page to find the info, it has been a busy page since it started. Surprising what bikes are still out there in sheds etc. A/c monos are the last affordable air cooled trials bikes, the rest have rocketed in price.

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I don`t know, I figured a bike that would be nearly 25 years old would come under the "classic" umbrella.

I`m guessing by your tone I`ve posted this in the wrong section.

My apologies - I didnt mean to appear rude it was just a tongue in cheek comment.The term classic I think can be applied to anything that you feel it should.Good luck with finding one,they appear to be the next "hot" thing in trials.

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Jon v8

No apology necessary, I wasn`t offended. :)

I admit it was a bit cheeky posting in the classic section, I just wanted to reach what I thought might be the biggest audience.

bilks

thanks for the links, that bike was one of the two bikes I mentioned in the first post. It`s now been sold.

sorry baldricks, still can`t find it. Could you post a direct link please?

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