I have just removed my shocks to send it out to get rebuilt. Literally took 10 minutes to take it out and put the stocker back in to use in the meantime. Love how easy it is on this bike. On my supermoto I had to take the whole subframe off.
While I was at the track on friday, the shock lost nearly all damping ability. I did notice some weeping on the shock shaft, which means the seal has worn and is letting in air, and thus the losing its ability to dampen the stroke. You can tell when this happens if your adjustment clicker stop being clicky, that means there is air in the shock. Hopefully I can get it back within the next 2-3 weeks as I really dont wanna ride around on the stock shock, at all.
This is I kind of why I now wish I would have bought the Penske shock instead. The Penske can be rebuilt by any local shop in a matter of a few days and doesn't have to be sent out to a specialist. If anyone is interested in my shock after I get it back from a rebuilt, I may sell it so that I can get the Penske so that next time I blow my shock I can have it rebuilt by the trackside suspension guy right there at the track.
This is what happens when your shock blows and you loose your dampening on the rear. Exiting out of corners, rather than your wheel following the road surface, it hops and stutters over it, thus allowing your tire to momentarily lose traction and spin up and start shredding. Initially I thought it was cold/hot tear, but went to see the trackside suspension guy, he measure the tire temperature with the pokey thing and it was at 165 which about what it should be, he then checked my rebound settings and that's when he noticed that my shock was completely blown. I'm kinda happy he noticed it because I was really pushing that day and it could have ended in disaster. If I was on less grippy, more street oriented tires, I probably would have high sided.