Major Problems With the Suzuki TS185 Restoration 

Rechroming is pretty expensive

@@antich2656 where i'm from 100 euro's for both.

@@antich2656 Not compared to new stanchions

Better to find aftermarket same size fork tubes

@@oddis188 LOL do you know how hard that is?

The Workshop sent me here.

You can’t weld rust unfortunately, you could fabricate a new tank cheap enough though.

@@smilie120 weld no but braze it

@@smilie120 Oh, he knows that.

@@smilie120 Really? LOL yeah I know that. Buit you can cut it out and do a patch job. Like I said, a lot of work but doable

I never make mistakes. I never lie either. LOL

@@LRSS2455 yeah rite, haha

"You have learned something and that's priceless....." - Best comment so far.

@@dirtygarageguy Cheer's Matt xx, Quiet over at your place.... All good ??

@@eddiecash9417 Yeah dude, all is good. Just winding up for the next burst of videos

@@dirtygarageguy Hope to see Issac's nails painted at least... lookin forward to um x

Um... he took the muffler off...

Mark Burchfield read again. There Will not be any built up carbon in the muffler because the bike has not really ran with the new muffler. The rest of the pipe has been ran before goldguy even bought the bike. So it could be full of built up carbon.

The problem is usually the build up of carbon in the expansion chamber reduces the internal volume which reduces the pressure difference on the exhaust cycle. This has an adverse effect on the fresh charge of fuel being pulled into the cylinder during induction and evacuating exhaust gasses. This is where the performance is nerfed. The inside of a badly coked up exhaust system is reminiscent of a coal mine!! In the worst cases I've witnessed the exhaust port clogged with carbon due to a badly coked exhaust system (reduced port opening diameter). Back in the days before low ash 2 stroke oil appeared in the mid 1980's, 2 stroke motorcycle owners used to decoke their exhausts around 3 or 4 times a year, just to keep peak performance. Back then it was regarded as one of the ritualistic hassles of owning a 2 stroke bike and why many people opted for the less powerful, heavier and slower 4 stroke bikes of the same capacity class. You'll only have to do this once as modern low ash 2 stroke oil doesn't coke up exhaust pipes anymore. I haven't had to decoke any of my daily use 2 stroke bikes since the mid 1980's. Burn the exhaust system out (after removing it far away from the bike) using old gear oil mixed with 20% gasoline as this burns at a hotter temperature. Use a soda can's worth to fill the pipe and light it with a burning rag on a stick as it will go "whoosh" with a flame jet at both ends of the pipe. Obviously it's a good idea to stand square onto the pipe, rather than at one end, when igniting it. It will then settle down for an hour to burn out the pipe. Never use caustic soda, as some will BS you into using, as I've tried it once, and it simply shifted all the carbon to one end of a pipe, solidified and blocked it solid. I still had to burn it out in the end.

Andy Reid ok, i know plenty of shitty 2 stroke oils That Will leave 1mm thick layer of carbon after about 500km. At least here in sweden. It happened on my 60cc suzuki k50 1980 with an hpi ignition.

matt he took a angle grinder to the forks that makes them essentially economically scrap

Exactely!

@@fredbailey843 why? The chrome coating on stanchions can be up to 0.5mm thick. The coating is not just to make it shiny, and you can get the missing material built up with hard chrome first.

correct how ever after grinding on a centerless grinder to remove the angle grinder marks is actually worth doing or just bung a decent set of forks on

@@fredbailey843 Well it all depends on how deep the marks are. We can't tell watching a video, so Mason is best off having the forks looked at and then a decision can be made. Personally I think that they should be restored rather than replaced, as this is a restoration series, but I get where you're coming from.

So hard to find a replacement tank for these. If anyone knows of one let me know

Mine is rusty as hell on the inside, rinsed it our with gas and got alot out but still a little bit in the gas filter, I wish i could get a plastic one that would fit

That will make it more powerful but it will make it much less usable on the street. The power will be very low off pipe then perhaps too much on pipe, plus it will make the engine overheat on long rides.

It won't cause it to overheat, that's a bunch of hooplah. It's a good idea if he's just looking for a higher top speed. The stock pipe is an expansion chamber already but there may be a more efficient shape out there. My guess is he want's to keep it stock looking in which case it's really not a bade pipe for being stock.