I'm looking for a used standard Showa rear suspension unit for my 2001 Buell X1 Lightning. the unit should be working and ready to fit.
if you have upgraded your unit for a modern unit and still have the old one knocking about please contact me with details and your (sensible) price including postage. Cheers!!

Had my one refurbed about three years ago by a company called falcon they gave a twelve month warranty and charged me £150 for the pleasure.
The shock has performed perfectly ever since.
Now I can guarantee this will now start a debate going and everyone else will tell you it's a bad thing to refurb or mess with a shock, but mine is fine.
Click on the link: http://www.falconshockabsorbers.co.uk/repair001.htm

Come on. Pipe up chaps!

You wouldn't think twice about refurbishing your forks...

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08 Specialized Langster

Forks are rebuildable...the Showa rear shock aint

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

My one is a standard Showa it leaked like a sive I sent it to Falcon, they sent it back a week later. that was three years ago and all is well!

They probably forgot to put any oil in it

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Yeah, that'd do it!

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.

Well they work with no oil as well as they do with oil then!

Yep, the standard Showa will do that

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Here's a badweb link to rebuilding the showa shocks ........there are also links on there where people have had them rebuilt only for them to fail again within a year.
If there is any damage or wear at all on the piston rod etc replacing seals would be a waste of time and money.

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/m ... 1240593949

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.