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Amater45
05-12-2012, 12:01 PM
Hello, I need ideas for what I can do with my fatcat to have better suspension. Me being 6'3 and 240 lbs, Stock doesnt do justice :lol: plenty of power in the motor, just would like a smoother ride. Any ideas are appreciated! I've thought about using 350x forks to swap from stock, but I don't know how it would work. :wondering

Vealmonkey
05-12-2012, 01:54 PM
So, you are talking about a 25 year old machine. How about just looking to rebuild the front forks for starters. All new internals, maybe new springs if you can get them and new fork oil as well. As for the rear shocks, either try to find new or have the original shocks rebuilt to your specs. I'm sure that mainly the suspension is old and tired.

Doink
05-13-2012, 09:15 AM
Or, just buy my Yami BW350. :D

Amater45
05-13-2012, 05:41 PM
Doink, I just saw a listing on ebay for a camo(?) BW350, with the name very similar to yours. hmmm? :lol:

Vealmonkey
05-14-2012, 04:31 PM
Amater, there is a person up near you that is always selling 350s on ebay. Nice machines too. I was eyeing up that 350 on ebay, but it would take alot to bring that bike back from camo. I would be tempted to get a 350 and sell my 85 200, but I would have to swap out the front ends. Doink, I don't remember if I ever saw pics of your 350 or not?

Doink
05-15-2012, 12:57 PM
I have 3 350's right now. The camo, one that is almost done getting rewired and a rough one that is a hard starter (carb cleaning?). I don't know how to post pics her, so you'd have to go to Yahoo group for BW's. I also have a 200 mostly complete with a locked engine.

Audio_Phill
06-27-2014, 02:07 PM
Know this an old thread, But where rebuilds rear shocks on old machines like the tr200