Great ! Just as Ian Joyce of Bright Motor Works said it would be the suspension front and rear is now supple and gives a smooth ride. The steering has lost its wooden feel and now turns very quickly. Ian blasted the newly fitted brake pads clean and now their sticky feel has gone. Net result is that the bike now really zips up to unprintable speed, glides along and has brakes that really do mean business. All round very pleased. Parts fitted over winter were hugger, race alloy can hanger with rear rests and big clonky original hanger removed, Girling braided steel brake hoses front and rear with another load of clonky original bracketry removed, Hagon rear shock with no gas bottle plus front forks overhauled. As suspected these did turn out to contain snot like goop instead of the nice clean oil they now have. Possibly 16 years old as the forks have to be stripped for this, no Beemer drain plugs here, and the sliding internals were gummed up. No wonder it felt like rigid forks as they probably were.
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