de carbon shocks

[BONEHEAD]

how good she looks for the money i paid, ,i dont intend for this bike to be a queen but i would like to race it , new stator ordered and plastics on the way. just would like to know, why would someone have done away with the remote resivours ? was this normal practice back in the day due to lack of understanding the now then technolgy or was it that the shocks were shite. cheers  BONEHEAD.

[LWC82PE]

i think they could be after market DeCarbons made in france. is that a little allen screw valve up top? is there a sticker there? can you send a more close up photo? i will go look at some brochures/ads i have.

red white blue looks like french flag?

they could be std non external reservoir models. they have internal gas reservoir and piston at the top of the shock body. pretty good shock for their time, worth keeping/rebuilding

[BONEHEAD]

yep made in france and yeas they have the allen screw in the top,the # is stamped  A 4179 DE CARRBON 1181,  CHEERS BONEHEAD

[LWC82PE]

ok they are definitely aftermarket. i just went looking for some info then and found some of it, but still trying to find more. i will scan it an put it on here either tomorrow or on weekend.

[Maico31]

The std A5 shocks had small diameter remote reservoirs on a long hose that were mounted to the frame tube beside the airbox similar to suzuki's.

[JC]

So you got an A5 for $250. Amazing find! Very very nice bike those. Kaw really got it together w that model.

[BONEHEAD]

hope so , cant wait till she runs , just pulled the throttle apart , and i now have to make a cable , looked at the needle setting and its on the bottom slot , just out of curiosity where is it meant to be , i thought i would start in the middle and go from there. any news on the de carbon shocks.

[Maico31]

I wouldn't worry about the standard shocks if you're going to ride it, they weren't that good. I'd put some ohlins or fox airs or yss on it.

[LWC82PE]

the only things i can find at the moment is about 2 articles on these shocks and 2 or 3 magazine advertisments. i havent found all of them yet but i know i have them, i just have to search throught a lot of magazines to find them. i wont have anything that says anything about the number stamped on th shocks, but i have a friend in france who may know motr about them.