Got a Nice pr. of Paioli rear shocks from 'xb33bsa' !

[grcamna5]

Hi,
I have a little CB125S that I'll be installing an XR200 engine in and was looking around on ebay for a pr. of shocks.. I just didn't want to go 'china' and noticed a few threads from member here 'xb33bsa' about nice rear shocks that he built & set-up nice so I got in touch w/ him and he had a couple different pr. of shocks that would be about right.We finally agreed on a pr. of Paioli from a vintage Italian bike.
He took these shocks apart and rebuilt them top-bottom and used the best inner bushings and parts that he could get on them and asked me to take length and weight measurements to arrive at the correct spring rate for me: very professional ! His price was very fair also
I'm still waiting for the Voc-Tech school to finish tig welding my crankcases which were badly cracked and they're saving them from 'the crusher'.When I get the engine completely assembled and get this bike running again I will install These 'Bad Boy's 8) Thanks Kenny

 

[DohcBikes]

It's good to see quantifiable progress Bill, keep it going bud.

 

[grcamna5]

It's good to see quantifiable progress Bill, keep it going bud.

Yeah man ,The toughest part for me is trying to find sub contractors around here to do stuff like welding,plasma cutting,machine work,etc. I've had to look outside this area here to find folks who are positive.

 

[DohcBikes]

Yeah man ,The toughest part for me is trying to find sub contractors around here to do stuff like welding,plasma cutting,machine work,etc. I've had to look outside this area here to find folks who are positive.

Manual skills are going the wayside, because you can't teach anyone anything anymore. They go to the internet watch a youtube video and convince themselves it's the same as years of training and experience spent honing a craft. The evidence of the unwillingness to learn by the new generation of young 'men' is displayed here on a regular basis.

And you know my mindset, stop talking about it and do it