Vampire
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Was out riding on fire trails on Saturday when I noticed the suspension feeling strange. Stopped to check it out, noticed the oil dripping down (1st photo), then saw that the damper fluid reservoir had failed (2nd photo). I hadn’t been riding that hard, let’s face it, I’m not that good a rider, and the bike only has 2500kms on the clock, so the failure was very unexpected. Don’t know what the problem is, will take it to the dealer first thing Monday, but it looks as if internal pressure simply blew the cap off.
Had another 50kms of dirt to get out of the National Park, then 300kms of highways and suburbs to get home, and it was an interesting ride. Without damping, the spring just continued oscillating over every bump making it feel as if the bike was hinged in the middle, a bit like some of the Japanese bikes I owned in the 60’s and 70’s. The oil on the tyre wasn’t noticeable on the dirt, but was a little challenging on the sealed roads, as was the oil on the right foot peg.
Made it home ok, but the bike was a bit of a mess (3rd photo).
Another biking adventure to add to my memoirs.
Had another 50kms of dirt to get out of the National Park, then 300kms of highways and suburbs to get home, and it was an interesting ride. Without damping, the spring just continued oscillating over every bump making it feel as if the bike was hinged in the middle, a bit like some of the Japanese bikes I owned in the 60’s and 70’s. The oil on the tyre wasn’t noticeable on the dirt, but was a little challenging on the sealed roads, as was the oil on the right foot peg.
Made it home ok, but the bike was a bit of a mess (3rd photo).
Another biking adventure to add to my memoirs.
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