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has anyone used a shock sock if so with what result are they worth putting on?
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Yep ....

But they overheat in summer .......
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:Lol: Cath knit that one?

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6maniac wrote:Yep ....

But they overheat in summer .......
geez Ron you could fit half a dozen of your dicks into that sock !!

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I've got one on my ohlins shock, keeps a lot of rocks out of it and last time I took it off it looked like new inside. I didn't think it would overheat in summer though...?
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cheers icey cold I took my penske of bike going to sell it put the old shock back on won't worry bout using sock on it .U don't know anyone who wants a penske 8983 for a zx14?
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naa sorry. good luck. I still don't get the comment of the shock overheating... I don't think it's going to cook inside the shocktube
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