The Zephyr Zone

yes. I made two tests: 1st did a tour around then back to garage and the next morning the pool; 2nd clean up and left it for a day - same story.

Got the YSS shocks this week will replace then refurbish the originals.

I found some nice information and photos here: https://www.gazzz-garage.com/2016/06/30/zephyr-kayaba-rear-shocks-repairrepack-part-1/ thought it could be useful for the Zephyrs I'm also attaching a picture of my shock leak - I guess my riding style is too hard for my old Zephyr (or I'm too heavy :D )

my Zephyr 550 surprised me this morning - while saddling up to work saw that large oil spot in the garage below the left shock absorber. Thought of getting these ones https://www.louis.be/artikel/yss-schokdemper-instelbaar/10046162?filter_article_number=10046203 while finding the time to refurbish t...

hugojose wrote: ......If those are metal filing, I'd really be concernend.
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yes, I'm concerned. The filings are really fine...they have just grown along the field lines. Wonder thought what parts are made of magnetic material.

for those who are interested, here is the picture of the magnetic oil-drain plug. Was sceptical about it but it seems it works. I don't know if the oil goes to the filter after the drain-plug or before. Also the filings might be much finer and what we see is just the build up. That is installed on m...

...I’m planning to refit mine over the weekend, and I’m going to enlist the hairdryer to soften them up a bit when I do. I’ve put the new ones in the middle leaving the harder ones on the outside where I can force/manipulate them a bit easier. Will be interesting to follow your results! be careful,...

If someone is visiting this race event (15-17 July, PM me and we may set-up a small Zephyr Zone on site .

https://circuit.be/Classic-Bikes?Lng=en

as it is a centre stand thread - was there one on the 550 models? I got mine without

yeah they are so hard that I gave up installing them. My bike was in very poor condition when I got it 10 years ago, there are plenty of things that were and are not right (thanks to previous owner exploiting it badly); For several years it is back in reasonable health but far from being finely tune...

has anyone adapted a rubber hose to replace the original rubber ducts? Any hints on how to attach them to the airbox? I thought of fitting something inside to expend them and fit within the airbox opening.

Also any good supplier of that ones will be useful .