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Abel Suspension, the evolution of Abel Motorworks…🏍️

20/10/2026

Greatest grid photo ✅

01/10/2026

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30/09/2026

Why would you not take an adventure bike to an enduro day🤷 ghmotorcyclesfunday

28/09/2026

Week 38 🫥

20/09/2026

7/7. Assen 26’
I’m writing this, sitting at my desk an hour before the feature race. Nothing but the weather radar on full screen in-front, but just like a watched kettle never boils, a watch radar never gives the correct forecast.

19/09/2026

6/7 - Photo of a photo of a photo.
“Rather be a smart fella, than a fart smella” Don’t promise Corey Tinker he can right the caption on the next post🙄 At least we have time on the grid for a quick photo!

17/09/2026

5/7- Wtf is a cruffin?
Having an easy day before catching the overnight Ferry to Assen means one thing, Lunch on the market.
The Big Deal’s Bodega Norwich supplying the unreal sandwich, I can’t even remeber what’s in it, some pulled pork amongst others complimented I believe!
And then a cruffin, for those as naive as I was, it’s a muffin made from croissant pastry 🥐 now to the 🇳🇱

15/09/2026

4/7 - It’s all in the tools.
It’s been well over 2 years since I made the decision to work on nothing but suspension. Focusing on one thing has been the best decision I have ever made for my workshop. Doing a bit of everything meant I couldn’t justify buying all the specialist tools required for really in-depth work. Let’s use engine work as an example, I used to scratch the surface, rebuilding the odd single cylinder engine and a few top ends, but I would dodge or farm out more in-depth work as I couldn’t buy a cylinder boring machine to use twice a year, I got really close to buying one once. Now that’s just not an efficient way to build a workshop, that is until you make the decision to do one thing to the best of your ability. If I ever need a specialist tool, it’s worth me having it, proper job.

12/09/2026

3/7. “Is that a fu***ng Sub?”
Last year my trusty T5 transporter went to the van graveyard, leaving me vehicle-less for 18 months. Setting objectively pointless goals is something I do frequently, one of these goals was to go a whole year with just a bicycle. Honestly I really enjoyed biking everywhere, and it made me set a new goal of riding the 390 Adventure to all the BSB rounds(I made it half way through the year which did include the 800 mile rounds trip to Knock Hill!).
That brings us to the present day, I set another goal(shock) to get myself another van for under £1500. Anyone who has looked at the van market recently will know this is a tall order. Less than a week later a good customer slipper into convocation he was getting rid of this 24 year old, 175,000 mile gem! So of course I bought it blind.
Upon delivery( under £1500 and delivery included, I should have bought a lottery ticket) the side door was slid open to reveal, amongst the slightly ‘murder room’ feeling drooping carpet, a Sub-woofer! “I was going to keep it, but it was more work to remove it, so you can have it”.
I wasn’t impressed with sound systems when I was a teenager and I’m less impressed now, but what the hell I might aswell use it! Fast forward to today, driving home from a quick spin around Thetford Forest, I remembered back to a festival last year in which Kings Of Leon where playing. Honestly a band I don’t have much interest in, but was enjoying nonetheless. That was until the second to last song, Closer. Live this song sounded awesome, you could just feel it pulsing through your chest. ‘I can replicate that with my sub!’
So I’ll leave you with this image, a 31 year old bold man, driving a knackered old van with a massive sub that’s playing Kings Of Leon obscenely loud. 🫡

11/09/2026

2/7. Swivel me this.
I have had my eye on one of these motion pro swivel vices for a while now. I got one a couple weeks ago but does it live up to expectations?
No.
For one it’s expensive, so for the price it should be a quality piece. the drip tray is flimsy and the support rails are just straight up annoying. Also the pivot assembly has loads of play which can be frustrating.
I would describe the vice as just a handy holder of stuff, one thing I would be very clear on is this is not for clamping tube’s, it can appear from advertisement that’s what it’s designed for but it’s really just for holding parts, not clamping, there is a difference. All this does make it handy for holding shocks and cartridges while bleeding, so there is its main use.
I’m conclusion, this isn’t the magic suspension vice, if you have space for one vice only, you are much better of with a standard vice, ally and nylon Jaws then the correct selection of tube clamps. But as an addition to a busy workshop it can have a use🫡

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