Evening all, I picked up a very much unloved and neglected 2007 vstrom 650 with abs last week from a salvage auction, It’s been parked up for about 3 years so needs going over with a fine toothed comb.
The list of jobs so far are
Rebuild all the brake callipers, including pistons
New brake pads, rear disc is toast, front discs look OK
New chain and sprockets
Fork seals
Full service
New battery
New bars as they’re bent
Right hand switchgear is missing the start button
A few other little bits and pieces
A damn good clean
And the rear shock is doing an excellent impression of a pogo stick
I can’t really afford to spend out £300+ on a new shock on top of all the other bits and pieces that are needed to get it back into a safe rideable condition, so my question is… are the shocks from 2007 to 2011 all the same? If I can get a good second hand one to get it back on the road would be ideal, if not are they rebuildable? That option may be better than a used one but still cheaper than a new one.
Apologies for the long and rambling post