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We still have a DS185 since early 1980's. They are a great bike as Grant said for what they are.

I installed Boyeson reeds for extra performance back then but stayed with the exhaust which is still too noisy for my liking today.

The forks actually have an allen bolt at the base of them, you have to take the wheel off to see it.

It is here that when you undo them the fork oil will drain and the fork tube will be released from the housing.
As Grant says, removing the forks and turing them over is an easy way to drain oil if you don;t have to change seals etc.

Again use the oil injection system. Suzuki used roller bearings and directly injected oil on them, and that's why their engines of that era were so bulletproof.
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Originally posted by TS Boy:
Hello i'm new to this forum. I stumbled across it when I was looking for info on TS185’s. It was very interesting to read about Nigel Marx planning to ride NZ to UK on 1 of these things. Has that happened???

Well i’m 15 and have been passed (off loaded) a 1978 TS185 and a 1982 TS185. I have mixed and matched the bikes to create a goer. I have used the ’82 frame offcourse and TF185 bottom end and a TS185 top end which has recently been bored out. I have a couple of questions that I would like you to answer if you could.

My first is what is the difference between the TS185 and the TF185 it seem that they have the same engine so I was thinking frames???? Or am I completely off???

My second is the front suspension is a little soft I was thinking to increase the dampening because I thing the spring is in still a half a working order. How would I do this??? I have noticed the bolt at the bottom of the shocks but what does that do??? I was also thinking of putting thicker oil but how would I do that??? On the ’78 there are 2 LITTLE screws which I would guess you would drain the oil but no on the ’82. How can I improve my suspension (without buying new 1’s)???

And finally are there any simple power gains I can do to the bike???

Thank you for any info, answers or talk you can provide me!!!!

Thanks
Dan


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