<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks for the detailed response Don I appreciate it I will look into these things. I will talk to Mike as well as he is done work on the bike several times before.<br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">🎹 Greg </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 5, 2021, at 10:21 PM, Don Eilenberger <deilenberger@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>Hi Greg,</p>
<p>It's not a shock - you have a telelever front end and that is
simply a fork tube and slider (aka fork-leg) with a bit of oil in
it to lubricate it as it moves. The shock is between the two fork
legs and does the damping and springing work - the fork-leg has
nothing but air and a bit of oil in it.</p>
<p>That does look like a decent leak. There are tricks that you can
use sometimes to save replacing the seal (involving a piece of
35mm film stock, or a specially made plastic piece that slides
between the seal and the fork tube and clean out anything that
might be caught in the seal.) Sometimes the seal does need
replacing - and it isn't a huge job - but if you've never done one
(I'm guessing) you might want to take it to Mike and have him do
it.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about riding it over to Mike - you won't damage
anything - just clean off the oil, and if you really want to keep
oil from blowing back on your leg, tie an old rag around the top
of the fork slider (the bottom part) so it catches the oil.</p>
<p>HTH,</p>
<p>Don<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I noticed my front left shock on my 2004 1150 RT is leaking something. maybe a blown seal in the shock absorber. if anybody has any ideas please let me know thank you
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Jun 5, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Don Eilenberger <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:deilenberger@gmail.com"><deilenberger@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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From my friend Greg - more musings on a Zero..
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