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caseyLA Full Member Offline Posts: 121 Los Angeles	Lowering Front Forks 11/02/09 at 22:58:13 Anyone have success with lowering their front forks? If so, how did you do it? Thanks!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28649 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #1 - 11/03/09 at 11:38:05 With my DP bike,... I just slid the tubes up the triple tree an inch... Make sure you won't bottom out though...
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #2 - 11/03/09 at 11:38:34 there's been a couple that have done it. You're gonna have to search for it though.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #3 - 11/03/09 at 11:44:47 Just search "lowering front forks" and you'll get... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1241488762/1#1
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #4 - 11/03/09 at 11:47:59 Serowbot wrote on 11/03/09 at 11:38:05: With my DP bike,... I just slid the tubes up the triple tree an inch... Make sure you won't bottom out though... I did the same thing with my wife GR 650 tempter
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caseyLA Full Member Offline Posts: 121 Los Angeles	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #5 - 11/04/09 at 02:09:05 cool, thanks, i'm gonna give it a shot.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #6 - 11/04/09 at 08:58:33 bill67 wrote on 11/03/09 at 11:47:59: Serowbot wrote on 11/03/09 at 11:38:05: With my DP bike,... I just slid the tubes up the triple tree an inch... Make sure you won't bottom out though... I did the same thing with my wife GR 650 tempter You forked your wife?
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Re: Lowering Front Forks
Reply #7 - 11/04/09 at 09:53:34

verslagen1 wrote on 11/04/09 at 08:58:33:

bill67 wrote on 11/03/09 at 11:47:59:

Serowbot wrote on 11/03/09 at 11:38:05:

With my DP bike,... I just slid the tubes up the triple tree an inch...
Make sure you won't bottom out though...

I did the same thing with my wife GR 650 tempter

You forked your wife?

He bottomed her out...

Ludicrous Speed !... ... Huh

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #8 - 11/04/09 at 10:00:11 Yep I hit pay dirt.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #9 - 11/04/09 at 11:33:10 bill67 wrote on 11/04/09 at 10:00:11: Yep I hit pay dirt. "Pay" being the operative word...
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caseyLA Full Member Offline Posts: 121 Los Angeles	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #10 - 11/07/09 at 00:45:18 well getting the damper rod out was a PITA. The broom handle trick didn't work so I welded a nut onto the end of a piece of steel tube. Yay, now I have a damper rod removal tool. Anyone need to borrow it?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Lowering Front Forks Reply #11 - 11/07/09 at 10:40:50 What size nut?
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