castle combe

[Blade]

If you need any confirmation on how bumpy castle combe is did arriva track day today and wp shock that i bought 8 months ago blew its oil out over my tyre ! any one else had any problems with white power shocks in the past ?

[sadbiker]

I never thought it was that bumpy...............

But I have seen a couple of GSXR's bounce off and over the bales.....

[deej]

its bumpy but shouldnt do that to a WP shock a stock gsxr shock isnt known for being the best but a WP should be well upto the job

[Blade]

Your telling me mate i am not happy they have said send straight back to them and they will have a look to see what the problem is but i am not happy only did the first two sessions with it kicking about and then that was the end of my day and day off work wasted wish i had bought an ohlins

[Bladerunner]

I had loads of trouble with WP a few years back, I had a damper which blew it's seals first day on bike, sent it back to Vic Lamb Developments who import WP to have it sorted and ended up speaking to a bloke called Wayne who owns the company. He was a complete and utter to$$er, reckoned I'd fitted it wrong, so I sent him a photo of it on the bike with the fitting kit supplied by his company, and he was still a rude arrogant prick. Luckily I called back next day and spoke to one of his staff who replaced the seal and sorted it.

When I got the damper back I was still pissed off with him so I sold it on ebay and bought an Ohlins, then about two months later I got an email from the buyer saying it'd blown a seal........ I gave him the number for Vic Lamb and wished him luck.

I you do deal with this company take my advice and avoid Wayne, I really don't know how he's still in business with crap customer service like that.

[Blade]

You wont believe this but i am still waiting for my shock back !. I wa told that it had to go to holland to be fixed and i am still waiting wish i had bought an ohlins so be warned !

[jason]

You wont believe this but i am still waiting for my shock back !. I wa told that it had to go to holland to be fixed and i am still waiting wish i had bought an ohlins so be warned !

thats seriously crap service.

my friend has WP on his K6 thou and has had no problems, and considering they are stock fitments on KTM's (who own WP I think) Id say the poor performance is just bad luck rather than anything inherently wrong with WP shocks.

that doesnt excuse the shite customer service though

on the subject of castle combe...I didnt think it was that bumpy...bland yes...overly bumpy no....unfortunate that our local track happens to be relatively pants

[Blade]

Got shock back today and after all that time they have just replaced it with a brand new one .Not complaining but wish they had done that in the first place lets hope it lasts longer than the first one