Technical & Reference Section > Tech and Restoration

ACS Rotors – Are they any good?

<< < (3/5) > >>

wirewheel:
get an odyssey gyro on there. you can get an early one easy i'm sure. all those before don't work because the cables wont balance. al they do is drag up the stem shaft. unless you grease the shit out of it and make loads of mess thats where the split cables on a gyro come in. they can be tricky to dial in at first but the only alternative to just a normal cable. rotors and spinmasters sucked. bent stems and dodgy brakes. remember that nothing has changed much to the original gyro design to this day except cable lengths and the size of the nuggets on the end of the cables. go for a gyro unless the bike is just for show and historical accuracy. whatever you do though put plenty of lube on all the cables!!!! good luck.

Stevo:
Thanks for information fellas, especially Billy for uploading pics. Take your point about the stem having to be quite high to accommodate the stem.

I am going to check out Odyssey gyros. Not too bothered about it being era correct (bike '85 Haro). Just wouldn't mind having a decent set-up for doing frame whips and boomerangs.  :)

I see a lot of new school bikes have gyros, are they shit too? Do they need regular maintenance to keep em dialed?

holeshotter:
Re the acs rota
I aint gonna use it. I only wanted the stem as it came with it. if you give me a fiver to cover the P&P it's yours.
Let me know

billstup:

--- Quote from: holeshotter on December 01, 2005, 05:03 PM ---Re the acs rota
I aint gonna use it. I only wanted the stem as it came with it. if you give me a fiver to cover the P&P it's yours.
Let me know

--- End quote ---

If you are going to use the stem remember that it will not go all the way down in to the headtube as it has a longer stem tube than a normal stem. I used the ACS rotor on the stem just to take up the slack although I never conected it up.  ;)

Stevo:

--- Quote ---Re the acs rota
I aint gonna use it. I only wanted the stem as it came with it. if you give me a fiver to cover the P&P it's yours.
Let me know
--- End quote ---
Cheers, I will contact you over the weekend about this.

Do you still want to sell it after what Billy said in previous post (ACS stem will stick more than a typical stem)?

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page