Enduro Pro FSR
Well, the bike got here late Friday that I bought off Ebay. I really wanted to go ride it this weekend, but we are pretty busy, and I have to take care of the boys on Sunday, plus, I started going through it, and it needs a little work. Everything is pretty dirty and has a lot of bright orange gritty clay mud on it (must be what Alabama soil looks like...grin).

I've gotten most of the stuff broken down and taken apart and need to do some cleaning. The front fork, a 2003 Fox Vanilla 125R, was out of oil on the compression side. I think I have figured out what spring loading that was in there is (I need a stiffer one and ordered one from the LBS). Also, there was an o-ring on the bottom of the fork that was mashed and ruined (probably why it was out of oil). Couldn't find one at the LBS, or even at the extensive selection at Ace Hardware. I'll try some commercial places on Monday. I thought the brake pads were almost gone, but looking at new ones, they actually look pretty good still. The rotor has put some wear on the side of the caliper on the front and back, but the rotors were new and look to be in good shape. I'll need to bleed the brake lines, though. One of the stem bolts that clamps the bars was stripped, so I'll need to replace that. Broke down the rear shock and cleaned/greased the air sleeve, o-rings and bushings.

I got new fork oil (10 wt.), but need to find a replacement o-ring for the bottom push rod on the compression side of the fork. I also picked up some new fork seals to put in, just to be sure (the old ones were pretty dirty). Got a new stem as well, but I need to get the fork put back together first. Bought a shock pump that will get the Fox Float RL shock up to my needed preload weight. Also, got some stuff from Performance Bike. Got new shoes and SPD cleats for it. A nice medium sized bike tool kit (with all the bottom bracket tools and stuff). Silver bar ends for the new bike. And a wireless computer.

I'm amazed at how much these new full suspension bikes are beginning to look like mini-dirt bikes. From amazing tripple clamped front forks (when are they going to go to upside down forks), coil over nitrogen charged piston shocks with linkage, and hydrolic disk breaks. Pretty freaking cool.




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