Two-week trip to Portugal & Spain later this year (one-up, typical luggage load, including some off-road trails & tracks), bike still on original shocks (no issues evident with them other than the bike doesn't ride as plush as other bikes I see) but with 70,000km on them I'd be keen to replace them before the trip (and as part of keeping my bike healthy anyway).
Platinum Mark's Ohlins for GSA are tempting, but mine's a GS, not GSA.
So unless there are more options that I've yet to discover, do I:
Pros & cons of each option? What have those of you (who haven't gone for new expensive shocks) done when your original shocks came to end-of-life?
TIA.
Mark
Platinum Mark's Ohlins for GSA are tempting, but mine's a GS, not GSA.
So unless there are more options that I've yet to discover, do I:
- Leave original shocks on the bike and hope they cause no issues on our trip.
- Jump on any free OE shocks that any kind Tosser might offer , and then have those (or my own original shocks) rebuilt.
- Anyone in Dublin offer this service?
- Expected cost?
- Estimated time without my bike?
- Buy new-to-me used OE shocks (eg Motoworks @ €330/pair).
- Are these refurbished / rebuilt?
- If not, any guarantee they're better than what you're replacing?
- Buy new-to-me used aftermarket shocks (eg Mark's Ohlins (but for GS) @ €700/pair).
- Buy new inexpensive-but-decent aftermarket shocks (eg Hagon @ €700/pair).
Pros & cons of each option? What have those of you (who haven't gone for new expensive shocks) done when your original shocks came to end-of-life?
TIA.
Mark
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