K I found another sweet deal on an 89 banshee, looks great all stock.... Been sitting for awhile.... So I bought it for a grand, starts on the first kick, runs like a bull..... I hardly rode it, the front end had some play, and I have no time to work on bikes lately. So I took it to the local moto shop, they said the front bushings were toast... So they did all the bushings, I get it back and took it out last night, it's A ROUGH RIDE !!!! CANT EVEN JUMP IT, I let my buddy ride it through a couple rough whoops, and i noticed the front shocks arent even compressing, So we stopped, i stood on it, the shocks compressed I got up, and they took almost 15 seconds to raise the bike back up, they make a slight creeking noise as well, so I figured it's probably the new bushings, well we rode it all night, and it got slightly better but not so well.... I had never really ridden the bike before we had the bushings put on so I can't tell which is the problem, the moto shop wont return my calls, think the bushings are just tight ?? Is this a common problem ?? Or do I need shocks, I plan to upgrade somewhere int he far future, but I want to ride the damn thing, do I just need to break them in ?? Thanks !!

 

Also can I flip my front tires around for some more leverage ?? On moving these shocks ?? Thanks

 

do they leak and how easy are they to compress?

 

id take the shocks off if i where you to see if the bushings are the problme and if there loose then buy some used shocks of ebay