If the two metal strips securing the front of your seat cover keep coming unhooked , remove them by taking out the rivets and put Tie Wraps through the holes and round the seat frame .
Don't be tempted to fit a dual seat as it is a very uncomfortable ride , you need the suspension provided by the saddle springs .
If buying new petrol taps make sure that you get proper Brass ones , there are a lot of Mazak replicas about which after a while are liable to break off at the tank threads . I have had two go so far , fortunately both at home .
If you want some better tyres for an S-8 , Pirelli MT-65 , 90/90-19 front and 4.00-18 rear are an excellent choice .
For an S-7 , a much better rear tyre is a Dunlop K875 , 130/90-16 as fitted to Harley "Sportsters", whilst for the front use a Dunlop D404FG , 130/90-16 as fitted to the Yamaha "Drag Star" .
Should you convert an S-7 to Dneiper rear drive or fit a the Dneiper 2LS front brake , Harley Davidson 16" wheel rims work better than the Sunbeam ones due to the spoke angles .
S7 WINDSCREEN FITTING
The screen is the large single piece clear one with chrome plated supports off a Harley- Davidson , I had been after one of these for a long time as I felt that it would fit in very well with the lines of a Sunbeam , I finally scored one for £30 at Newark autojumble .
Fitting it to the top pinch bolts on the forks was quite easy with a couple of ¼ inch Dural plates bolted to the screen supports , spacers and longer bolts .
The tricky bit was finding a suitably rigid mounting to the bottom of the steering head on an S7, finally , after kicking various ideas about I removed the steering damper and made up a ¼ inch Dural plate which fits the damper boss in the centre then tapers out to the width of the fairing supports each side , the front edge lying closely behind the fork shroud fixing screws to prevent twisting , a turned plug locates the plate to the centre hole in the steering stem and the whole lot is retained by a through bolt . Finally a couple of angle brackets and spacers to the lower supports completes a very rigid assembly , the line of the screen being set up to follow that of the fork legs
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This has proved to be an excellent addition to the bike in that it provides very good protection with little back-draught and no buffeting even up to 90 mph .
An unforseen side affect however is that I now get waved to by Harley riders , usually followed by a "what the heck was that !!" look as I go past .
