Barn find

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Norton
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Re: Barn find

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Glen,
Thanks for posting your photos! Then it was great to meet you in St. Germain at the RWTC. Loved hearing your stories of the Deere race days. Next year at St. Germain will try to connect longer and twist Shaun's arm in coming too..

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340sracer wrote:Matt we did as instructed and still could not get a post on without losing the login. So we went over the neighbors and used his computer and after many tries ,getting knocked off we were able to finally get another posting . I will try and send this to see if it goes through without being logged off automatically .
At the neighbors, is that your device on their internet or were you on their computer? I'm trying to narrow it down to look into it, as I'm not sure what the problem is.
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340sracer
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We received 14 inches of snow October 4, a record for that date, dating back to 1916. That put a halt to harvest and fall activities that normally would get done. So I pulled the 340 S out and started checking it over with the idea of entering the last leg of the I 500 Winnipeg to Wilmar.When riding in St. Germain (riding with the champs)I noticed I was hitting bottom , first thing I did was pull the shocks off and one ski shock is leaking and is spongy also one suspension shop appears to have air in it. Any ideas what shocks I should replace with and where they are available ?
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WinnipegStPaul9
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Glen, the ski shocks sold by NewBreed Parts will work but you have to make spacers for the bolts (NOT bushings, they're ok) but 3/8" id (M10 bolts will work) spacers found at a hardware.
I am trying to have a shock made for the rear (the Dator shock is the same but only uses one) because I can't find one the correct dimension.

Don
Feel free to check out our website www.buscobullet.com for restorations or parts.
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340sracer
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Thanks Don for the info, I contacted Matt and he is looking into it. If you find out any more information please let me know as I have not heard from Matt yet.
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