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Started by slipperymongoose, March 11, 2012, 01:53:21 AM

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slipperymongoose

March 11, 2012, 01:53:21 AM
So out on our 500km ride today with Mister, Cods and Twisted and a visitor from Scotland. About 1/2 way into the ride on some lets be honest bumpy road I found suddenly I was bouncing along more than usual. Then I heard the sound of metal clinking together, this went on for serveral kilometres with my cornering getting worse and worse. Finally i pulled over when I thought something definetly doesnt feel right. So discovered my rear shock had totally crapped itself 170km from home, spewing its oil all over itself and the assoiated linkages. I nursed it from then on to our lunch break and afterwards as best I could but at one point I had to pull over to gather myself and Cods got great view of my very first lowside. I turned off the road onto a dirt patch just after a hairpin only going about 40ish km/h the soil was looser than it looked and as I slowed my front locked up and down I went at about 20km/h. Thank god  :bowdown: for my oggy knobs and my gear. Myself, the bike and my gear are all fine, just a few scratches on the knobs, bent handlebars and dented pride. Here is the end result when I nursed it home with a very sore behind from all that bouncing.

http://youtu.be/uOTkxCMqVcs
Some say that he submitted a $20000 expense claim for some gravel

And that if he'd write a letter of condolance he would at least spell your name right.

codajastal

#1
March 11, 2012, 02:06:25 AM Last Edit: March 11, 2012, 02:14:43 AM by codajastal
Love the post :thumb:

Honestly all things considered we are all fine and no-one died. Not an expensive fix so it really was a fun day. :thumb:
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Twisted

#2
March 11, 2012, 04:04:20 AM
Did you swap it for Cods old shock?

Twisted

#3
March 11, 2012, 04:08:28 AM
Talk about self destructing Gs's. I gotta try and hunt a few bolts for my rear calliper now.  :icon_neutral:

slipperymongoose

#4
March 11, 2012, 04:09:46 AM
Nah limped it home Gonna get an r6 shock but if I need to I'll pick his up
Some say that he submitted a $20000 expense claim for some gravel

And that if he'd write a letter of condolance he would at least spell your name right.

Twisted

#5
March 11, 2012, 04:11:34 AM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 11, 2012, 04:09:46 AM
Nah limped it home Gonna get an r6 shock but if I need to I'll pick his up

How you gonna get to work? Don't ya ride? I woulda got Cods one to see me through till you could get the R6 one.

gsJack

#8
March 11, 2012, 08:51:03 AM
Riding that GS without a rear shock was fun was it not!  Bought my current 02 GS with about 4500 miles on it and it soon showed some rear shock leakage and I kept riding it and was about 20-30 miles from home one day when the shock oil level got low enough to loose all damping action.  Quite an experience, the rear end would just skip out sideways with the slightest hint of a bump in a turn even in a modest turn on paved roads.  Bike had only 6k miles on it when I replaced that shock and I'll never neglect a leaking shock again.
407,400 miles in 30 years for 13,580 miles/year average.  Started riding 7/21/84 and hung up helmet 8/31/14.

slipperymongoose

#9
March 11, 2012, 05:22:23 PM
Yeah mine completely went out on the ride so I had no choice. Well looks like I'll be importing my new shock from America. A bloke in Victoria wants $350 for a r6 shock
Some say that he submitted a $20000 expense claim for some gravel

And that if he'd write a letter of condolance he would at least spell your name right.

codajastal

#10
March 11, 2012, 06:14:24 PM
FFS slips come and get mine you dolt. No fkn charge. you get another then you can give it back!!!! >:(
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#11
March 11, 2012, 10:27:16 PM
Well was stripping the handlebars when my bar end mirror fell out and snapped off. So even with a new shock I still gotta get handlebars and mirrors
Some say that he submitted a $20000 expense claim for some gravel

And that if he'd write a letter of condolance he would at least spell your name right.

codajastal

#12
March 11, 2012, 10:29:28 PM
OMFG :mad:
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Kijona

#13
March 11, 2012, 10:45:11 PM
It sounds like a paint shaker...egad!!!

slipperymongoose

#14
March 11, 2012, 10:45:29 PM
Tell me bout it my $15usd mirrors from hong kong
Some say that he submitted a $20000 expense claim for some gravel

And that if he'd write a letter of condolance he would at least spell your name right.

Kijona

#15
March 11, 2012, 10:48:40 PM
Quote from: slipperymongoose on March 11, 2012, 10:45:29 PM
Tell me bout it my $15usd mirrors from hong kong

I have a friend whose mother is Chinese. I make fun of him...I say "You're so American...you.r mom was made in China!"

Pretty clever if I do say so myself.

As a side note..why the f%$k is "you.r mom" censored. I mean, REALLY?

slipperymongoose

#16
March 13, 2012, 02:30:54 PM
Well just paid 80 buck US (about $0.20 Australian lol :p) for my 07 r6 shockie. Now I play tge waiting game
Some say that he submitted a $20000 expense claim for some gravel

And that if he'd write a letter of condolance he would at least spell your name right.

k.rollin

#17
March 14, 2012, 03:29:59 AM
That's a hell of a story. Happy that it's working out for you. All this talk about not having rear shocks reminds me of the time my friend and I pulled the rear shock from his XR200 when we were 15 and put in a pair of steel plates connecting the upper and lower shock mounts. Didn't seem to affect the handling in a negative manner on the road, but it was different. lol
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