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Offline bishboy

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KYB Air shocks
« on: May 08, 2013, 09:44:05 am »

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Re: KYB Air shocks
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2013, 10:14:59 am »
I have a pair tentatively fitted to this SAOTGS RM 125 project but im not sure if they are what it needs  ???



They are not really rare come up a bit on ebay , couldn't say if there any good or not as ive never used them . I bought mine some years ago at a swapmeet , they need a refurbish but they are a point of difference  :)

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Re: KYB Air shocks
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2013, 10:33:08 am »
Bill....you've kept your membership of the SAOTGS Kiwi chapter very quiet comrade. For what its worth, I reckon it's as cool as penguin piss. 8)  What's the head? Shinobi?
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Re: KYB Air shocks
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2013, 10:45:04 am »
Whats SAOTGS?
Looks nice with that swing arm too
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Re: KYB Air shocks
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2013, 11:22:45 am »
Do I see a Fox or Shinobi water cooled head there Bill?

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Re: KYB Air shocks
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2013, 11:27:11 am »
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Whats SAOTGS?
Swingarm of the gods.
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Re: KYB Air shocks
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2013, 11:56:26 am »
 ;D ;D its a fairly recent aquisition , the SAOTG was formerly Marc.Coms and i think i may have given him a bit of a ribbing about it when he owned it  :-[

The head is a copy of a Fox unit and was designed and built by a very talented mate  8) Its actually an RM 125C but the water cooling will push it into Pre 85 .

I cant take any credit for it as upto this point it has all been done by others , The bloke who originaly started the build has taken a different direction and asked me if i would like to buy the project as is .

I will start another thread with more pics rather than hijack this one too much , and hopfully will start to move the build along .

Its a bit intimidating as the work done to date has been done by very talented craftsmen  I feel its a bit like Michale Angello has buggered off to a new project half way through painting the cistein chapel and the pope has given me a bell and said " Bill can you nip over and finish off what Mick started "  ;D ;D


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Re: KYB Air shocks
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2013, 04:35:06 pm »
RMS engineering in Auckland makes simiar shocks not a lot to them
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