My 1990 Royal Enfield Bullet 350: Had a leaking shock absorber fixed

I noticed that one of the rear shock absorbers was leaking and decided to get the oil and the seals changed.

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Hi, it has been some time since the last update, since I only use the Bullet when I come home on vacation from college. I returned home for my summer vacation in May and so started the various things that go into owning an old Bullet such as this.

The first order of business was changing the seat, as the one on the bike was hard and not very comfortable. Managed to get a locally made one for 800, also got the bike serviced since I planned to use it extensively, as I had got an internship in Delhi.

After the servicing and seat change.

While I was in Delhi, a long weekend came because of Eid and I decided to go to Dehradun, where I have family.

I left Delhi early on Saturday (5 AM) so as to beat the heat and took this photo of India Gate on the way out.

The journey was smooth, with the bike going like well, a Bullet, and I found myself on the Muzaffarnagar bypass in time for some breakfast.

Outside the dhaba, I stopped at.

Then I continued onwards, stopping at Mohand for a cold drink before the climb to Dehradun. While climbing up there was a traffic jam and I could see some smoke, so I thought it was a forest fire, but when I neared the source of the smoke, it turned out to be a Tempo Traveller that had caught fire. The driver had noticed smoke and pulled over to a side and the passengers had just got out when it started to burn. Luckily no one was injured, as it was a CNG Traveller.

The burning Traveller

After spending 2 days in Dehradun, I started back for Delhi, once again leaving early in the morning.

Somewhere on the hill route between Dehradun and Mohand.

A few days after I returned, I noticed that one of the rear shock absorbers was leaking and decided to get the oil and the seals changed.

The shocker stripped of the spring and covers.

The spring and covers in question

Opening up the section in which the oil is.

Completely opened up. The shocker chap said that it didn't look like the oil had ever been changed and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case because of the very low running of the bike.

There were some scratches on the pipe which were filed down.

After all this, new oil and seals were put and the shocker was reassembled, all for 300 rupees. The difference was felt immediately since I guess I had become used to having no real suspension.

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