back in 95 i used to have an 856... (i worked for an engineering company, making bits for indycar, we machined a carrier to mount a small coil spring inline with the elastomer to give a bit more feel) raced it for 2 years, then the airline dropped it on the way back from the states, got a bunch of cash back for the damage, the frame then snapped and Proflex sent me a nice carbon 857 (with piggyback noleen) rode it once, did this to the shock...
oily swingarm... i was down penshurst in kent wondering why the bike was starting to get really boingy!!! lol!
one new shock later and the bike is the girlfriends shopping bike!