Newbie stuck in Spain.

[Madventure]

Hi fellow bikers.  First long trip on the Husqvarna  Norden Expedition. I am live near Cambridge and am on my way to Morocco. Fork seals started leaking oil near Tarifa. Told to take it to the nearest Husqvarna dealer 80 miles away in Malaga. As this is being done under warranty.  No Husqvarna parts to fix this in Spain. ? So have been stuck here over a week and yet ktm dealers have the parts ?  

[geofferz]

Welcome! That's... A ballache! Hopefully it's at least sunny?!

If never considered the possibility of being stuck if you can't get parts. Maybe a good reminder to people to stick eith a Honda in future? I dunno. 

 

Good luck mate, unsure what to do except complain loudly on twitter etc to head office? 

[Gerontious]

Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and pay. If someone has the parts go and buy them. You will at least save the costs of the labour if the warranty will cover that. Maybe there’s something I’m missing.

[_amw_]

If you really need to get there then leaking fork oil won't stop you, however you might want to try and make sure it doesn't get on your brake disc/pads while it is busy leaking.  Once it's all gone it is less of a problem.  Obviously handling will be poor and unpleasantly bouncy so you might have to slow down.

 

So what I'm saying is, you might have to suck it up and go somewhere that has the parts to fix it.

 

Best of luck.

[RideWithStyles]

there is a difference to a inconvenience leak and a dangerous one.

most modern fork seals are strong other than the still weak ohlins..

as gero and amw says it wont be expensive to fix just parts, wonder if there is a worthy or suspension specialist there? 

[Fiddlesticks]

Have you tried a running repair with a plastic pop bottle? It stopped mine leaking.

 

 

 

[RideWithStyles]

Thanks fiddles.

 

guess thats the rub if you have Inverted forks, it actively wants/has to piss it all out mostly on the brakes and tyres. ahhh the saving grace of RWU forks so glad my current bike has them on.