Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

£150 too much ?

and much hassle to change ?

thanks in advance

James

Is this a "new" one on Ebay?

I have an EMC shock you could buy if you wanted to.

Not a great deal of hassle to change, but getting the reservoir out through the frame can be fun.

yeah its the new one on ebay its a red spring one

dont know if mine is knackered but it looks a million years old and very rusty

i only weight 10.5 stone so not sure the best way to confirm if its gonna be past its best other that bouncing the rear end ( im assuming its gonna be tired due to age )


how much you looking for yours Martin

you have PM

Sounds like too much to me, even assuming it's actually new. Seems like it makes more sense to take the bike off the road, clean up your existing shock and send it off for a rebuild. Or alternatively do the same with a used shock from e-bay, for a lot less than the 'new' item.

Omegaman wrote:yeah its the new one on ebay its a red spring one

dont know if mine is knackered but it looks a million years old and very rusty

i only weight 10.5 stone so not sure the best way to confirm if its gonna be past its best other that bouncing the rear end ( im assuming its gonna be tired due to age )


how much you looking for yours Martin

i got a price to rebuild my factory one by a guy in south london for £180 with a hd spring to take my 20stone and new shaft.
the spring was 60 so it will be cheeper to just rebuild you existing one and if your shaft is sweet then it will be even less.

far as im aware my shaft is good .!!!!

Thanks to M youngy we did some negoatiation on a replacement

so is it wort selling my old one, its not leaking just looks a million years old

clean it up and stick it on ebay with an honest description - someone will have it