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    GSX-R leaking rear shock?

    hey i had a leaking rear shock for the last couple of months do you think it will make it to the brass monkey and back about 800kms the rear seems a lot softer but if i take it easy i shoul be right ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pontaic View Post
    hey i had a leaking rear shock for the last couple of months do you think it will make it to the brass monkey and back about 800kms the rear seems a lot softer but if i take it easy i shoul be right ?
    I wouldn't.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by pontaic View Post
    hey i had a leaking rear shock for the last couple of months do you think it will make it to the brass monkey and back about 800kms the rear seems a lot softer but if i take it easy i shoul be right ?
    Needless to say you're risking your own personal safety and that of other road users. If you took your bike for a warrant right now it would fail.
    It also sets off a chain of other events. Aside from the obvious loss of damping ( and therefore chassis control / stability ) oil is also in the shock as a lubricant. The bladder also expands to compensate for the continual loss of oil and have been known to burst in such scenarios.

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    ok point taken

    yea cheers for that i,ll get it fixed any body down this which could look at it

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    Quote Originally Posted by pontaic View Post
    yea cheers for that i,ll get it fixed any body down this which could look at it
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