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Author Topic: My old 856 has finally gone solid on me ...  (Read 2851 times)

wappo

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My old 856 has finally gone solid on me ...
« on: October 27, 2010, 12:42:00 am »
and i am completely bewildered that i can not find any elastomers...

Can anyone assist?
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Re: My old 856 has finally gone solid on me ...
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2010, 07:04:05 am »
Go to Noleen J6 and upgrade to coilover shocks. You'll be glad you did. It's a whole new bike with coils.
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Re: My old 856 has finally gone solid on me ...
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2010, 09:56:53 am »
:whistle:
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Re: My old 856 has finally gone solid on me ...
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2010, 12:27:45 am »
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Re: My old 856 has finally gone solid on me ...
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2010, 08:02:49 am »
I did see that the Brits use Land Rover bushings of some kind. Cheap and worth a try if you can find out which ones.
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Re: My old 856 has finally gone solid on me ...
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2010, 11:32:58 am »
The Land Rover bushing is in this message.

http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/index.php?topic=3571.0
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