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The front end has been a little clunky of late so had a little look/feel at the shock and found the damper to be leaking

The shock is an EMC shock so should be rebuildable. I have a couple of numbers to call at lunchtime to see who can do it......anyone any experience of having these rebuilt?

Also any advice on:
- supporting the front end whilst the shock is out, so that it can still at least be wheeled about a busy garage. Do I gash up a 'wooden' shock ?
- any other recommended shock options?

I would sugest you get the bike in a quiet corner moving any bike around when working on it is not a good idea

I have a Hagon front and Nitron rear [both basic models] on mine and am more than happy remember the more settings there are the bigger chance you have of cocking them up
OK you can take the bike with fancy all singing all dancing shocs to a specialist to be set up [at a cost] but remember your riding it on the road and also that damping settings tend to take a couple of hundred miles to settle after setting

Check out who can supply parts and servicing for EMC. Alarm bells are ringing in the back of my mind from years gone by.

Heard good things about these

http://www.shock-factory.co.uk

Not used them myself though.

Otherwise I would probably go Nitron.

I am not worried about the shocks on the Beemer for set up....the RC8 and 996 keep me busy in that department Though with a little reading up, a methodical approach and a tracking spreadsheet it aint too bad!

Found a spot that can repair the shock (Firefox Racing in Keighley). Should be around a £100 for the rebuild, which when aged 2nd hand shocks seem to be £70-90 seem decent.

Just need to mock up a wooden shock for the week or so the bike will be in the garage and safely moveable.

Wooden shock knocked up to allow the EMC shock to be removed for a rebuild.

Basically I have a piece of wood shaped to fit between the lower and upper yokes. Once this is fitted and tied to the inside of the right hand fork leg (to prevent it being knockd out)I figure that I should be able to wheel the bike about with the shock out. basically the wood prevents the fork leg from compressing.

In case I am missing something can anyone see any problems with using wood as prop between the bottom and top yokes in this manner? I will plan to leave the bike on the centre stand throughout but may need to wheel it about a bit whilst the shock is away

Job done.

Shock arrived back from Firefox today. Refitted and what a difference.

Front end is no longer 'clunky'. Gear changes are smoother too as the damping is back at the front end.