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Old 05-28-08, 11:26 AM
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Default Bilstein shocks (~50.000 miles) still good?

I would get them for cheap. Are they still good after ~50.000 miles?
Would like to do the gixxer_drew conversion.
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Likely to be just fine if no accidents, or abuse.
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those are barely broken in cheak them for leaks and rust
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What's with the period? 50.000 miles? 50 miles and 0 thousandths of a mile? That odometer must have a very high resolution.

If that's meant to be a comma...Pretty sure it is... 50,000 miles? Go ahead and rebuild them before reinstalling them. You can change the valving (for little added cost) at the same time for what ever spring rate you select. You can get them dyno tuned, you'd get a graph print out of your shocks compression and rebound characteristics. Not to mention shocks that are arguably better than new. Bilstein does it all in house down in SD.

http://www.bilstein.com/services.php

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See? There I go being a stupid American again.

I understand the period. You're from Austria. Thats how you guys do things.

You probably don't want to mail them to San Diego either when you could have them rebuilt in Germany.

Thyssenkrupp contact info...

http://www.thyssenkrupp-bilstein.com...f/kontakt.html
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