front shock dramas

[malex]

gday on my atomik 125 the front shocks dont seem quite right

They are way too easy to push down on and they dont push back out until theres absolutely no weight on the front. It feels like theyre dead basically...

any ideas?

 

[thump*140]

yup... I reckon your best alternative, is the same fix-up solution i use on mikuni carbies....
Remove them from the bike, immerse them in petrol, stand back and throw a match on them. If possible, get some petrol on the cat as well, kill two birds with one stone...
Then go on ebay, and start looking for replacement forks... these can be priced from around $125 to $1400, depending obviously on the quality required...

 

[DvDRip]

I've got a good set of fastace as-02's going cheap, If you measure your forks for axle to the top clamp I can tell you if they'd fit
http://www.miniriders.com.au/mini-c...orks-vgc-rims-new-tires-125cc-heaps-more.html

 

[rach88]

I have some fastace as-02's on my bike. I really like them... go with what dvd is offering malex coz those things aren't work fixing!

 

[malex]

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shit

absolutely nothing i can do to help while i scrape some money together for new forks?

 

[DvDRip]

you can change the oil, are they usd forks? if you take the cap off and SLOWLY push the inner leg up until you can see if there's oil in them.
it it an atomik nitrous?

 

[malex]

i dont think theyre usd forks.

theres a big silver bolt cap type thing at the top and i unscrewed them for a look and air hissed out and it smelt like old oil or something.

theres also a hole at the bottom with a screw inside does this do anything?

 

[DvDRip]

here's an oil change vid http://www.bbrmotorsports.com/vid_archive.htm
that screw could be compression adjustment but on an atomik I doubt that

 

[malex]

so my only option is new forks?

 

[DvDRip]

well try an oil change first it could fix them