Escort shocks

[IaninDorset]

Just had a right deal (he says hopefully) in a chromed Escort rear shocker for £19 plus £6 for delivery from India, I ordered it thursday and it arrived today and thats like quicker than bloody local couriers lol

Anyway, they any good or should I be looking out for a better brand at some point for the future?

[mark1]

I've had one on mine for 5 years now and it's been fine. No doubt you can get a better ride by spending a couple of hundred quid on a top notch shock though.

[IaninDorset]

So not a bad brand then?

I had Escorts on my Bajaj and I found them to be fine the four years I had the ol' beast but I wanted to make sure and at that price its def better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

[coaster]

I've had one on mine for 5 years now and it's been fine. No doubt you can get a better ride by spending a couple of hundred quid on a top notch shock though.

Sums it up very well, they perform fine for normal riding but for more 'sporting' riding after market adjustable options are available but will cost a LOT more.

[torquewrench]

I had Escorts on my Bajaj

Off topic I know, but I was lucky enough to visit the Bajaj Chetak production line in 2006.

[IaninDorset]

Lucky to have done that, I would have loved to have seen it all and them Baj's that are still 2nd hand sought for as a wedding gift for the groom

From what I understand from a poorly written Indian over there, Baj and LML did a deal, Baj would stop making scooters and LML would stop making bikes, Baj would make parts for LML including panels and precision parts and concentrate on its motorbike, new car market and the old three wheelers, Bajaj supply not only LML but also Piaggio now with precision parts as they are inherently cheaper than what Piaggio could produce the same quality for and of course Bajaj own the CDI monopoly pretty much, many a modern ride now has a Bajaj owned company made CDI in there, its not done bad for a company that came into being to service British army contracts for engineering and when LML went bust, Bajaj did a Herbert Austin with them and gave them financial help at no cost to get LML back up and running (Herbert Austin did this for BMW when BMW went bust by sending over at cost CKD Austin 7's that BMW rebadged and retrimmed as their own and he charged them nothing and was done as a gesture of good will... shame it wasn't remembered when Rover went bust and BMW threw it to the dogs eh?).

Before I die, I really want to fly to India, to drive the Standard Herald and the other Indian cars and to run the gauntlet in Calcutta or Delhi on the back of a Lambretta, one can wish