Noel Paquette

Hello everyone. I bought a 2006 Royal Star Touring Deluxe second hand last year. Great bike. The previous owner said he had replaced the rear shock absorber (over 800$ CDN) a few years ago due to a leak and I have the bill. While taking the wheels off to change the tires I decided to take off also the rear shock absorber and having a look at it because my wife complained about the ride when sitting behind me. I put 30PSIG in it to verify if it was leaking and oil came out of the Schrader valve. Is this normal?

As you can see above I purchased this soft bag on Amazon. I had to make a flat wood support plate as it was too soft and sagging down each side of the steel back rest tubes. I am planning to make a new platform from an Aluminum plate instead.