Ay up folks,
I'll start the story shortly but I'm ditching a set of Michelin Deserts (18"/21") with plenty of life left in the parking lot of the Hotel Victoria in Bahia Blanca. They're yours if you want them.
Anyway, on to the question. I know sending parts by courier to Argentina is somewhat of a pain. How difficult is it to send parts to Chile? Does anyone have any experience of this?

Right, onto the story. I know I brought too much stuff. I knew there was too much before I even strapped it all to the bike and figured I'd spend the first month sending stuff home and throwing stuff away. The back end of the bike has been very soft, no problem on tarmac but it's been bottoming out quite regularly. This hasn't actually been too much of a problem in itself, the bike handles fine on tarmac, better than I though in fact. The issue, apart from bottoming out is when putting the bike on the stand. As the rear end compresses, the bike aproaches vertical and eventually tips over to the right.
I took the bike to a mechanic who made some adjustments but told me the rear shock was shot and needed to be replaced. Now, with the bike loaded it's trying to fall over to the left side
I'm going to get a second opinion about the shock before I decide to do anything but it's looking like I'm going to have to source a shock and ship it out. I've heard that's a lot easier in Chile than in Argentina. Has anyone tried doing this?

All the best,
Duncan.

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