Re: [ST] RS shock woes

[Bryce <bster13@xxxxxxxxx>]

So I should just start crying now? :( :p

Mine is in transit....*gulp*

Hopefully they got it right with the 2002 Shock.  I
wonder if the eye to eye is the same?

Bryce
- --- Ken Mitchell <kp.mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well here's the latest:
>  
> First try on mounting my new Penske shock was a
> no-go, it was about 24mm too
> short. Got it back this afternoon after returning it
> to GMD Computrack
> Boston for a rework. Tried to put it on just now,
> now it's 11mm TOO F'N
> LONG!!
>  
> So for those looking to replace their stock rear
> shock on a 2000-2001 RS
> (with conventional swing arm), the eye-to-eye
> measurement of a stock one is
> 365mm. This sucks. I'll be contacting the dealer
> tomorrow to see how we're
> going to handle it this time. I'm getting damned
> tired of pulling the bike
> apart (twice now) and putting it back together. I'll
> bug him to take the
> whole bike and give it back with the shock
> installed. I've had about all I
> can take, given the money I paid for this thing.
>  
> Ken M.
> '00 RS
> Spencer MA USA
> 


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway 
http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/

     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
      The ST/RS Mailing list is sponsored by Jack Lilley Ltd.
          http://www.TriumphNet.com/st/lilley for more info
   http://www.TriumphNet.com/st for ST, RS and Mailing List info

=-=-=-= Next Message =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

End of st-digest V2004 #186
***************************


 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

                      End of Triumph ST/RS Digest
            ST/RS Digest is sponsored by Jack Lilley Ltd.
          http://www.TriumphNet.com/st/lilley for more info
   http://www.TriumphNet.com/st for ST, RS and Mailing List info

          This digest Copyright 1999-2002 TriumphNet.com