You may have noticed from my earlier post, that we had been considering YSS and we did finally get them from Kamar Motorsport.

We gave them the bike details and how much weight we'd be carrying and they got the shocks built and set up accordingly and sent to us. (Relevant blog post here: Rear Shocks | followingtarmac) We then had our mechanic Dave Wilkins (in London) fit them for us, as we didn't have all the tools.

All was well till one day in Georgia both started leaking fluid. Yes there had been super bumpy roads recently. But we hadn't carried more luggage than we'd said we would and the shocks were supposed to be made for this. What the...?

W couldn't get hold of YSS, but Kamar came up trumps, contacting them for us. And once they'd actually got hold of YSS, they immediately sent two brand new rear suspensions bu superfast DHL at no cost to us. Their only request, would we send the old ones back if at all possible, so they could investigate what had gone wrong and make improvements? (More details in this blog post: YSS Customer Service | followingtarmac)

So I would still recommend them Most people never have problems wih them, far as I could read up, and if the shocks go, YSS are super helpful!

NB though: When fitting the new shocks, use strong steel bolts top and bottom. We had simply used the old, softer stock BMW bolt and it had sheard off. The force's gotta go somewhere... you make the shocks stronger, the bolt is next.

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