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DBC YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3	lowering forks 1 1/2" 12/22/10 at 11:53:10 So I'm looking to lower my front end 1 1/2" but not necessarily decrease travel. would it be as simple as cutting the two spacers that sit inside of the fork uppers? Ideally I would like to just buy a new set of lowering springs for the forks, but no one makes them . Any help would be much appreciated.
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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: lowering forks 1 1/2" Reply #1 - 12/22/10 at 12:04:28 You could just move the spacers from the top of the fork tubes to just under the top of the damper rods (in line with the top-out springs). That will lower the forks by the length of the spacers without the slop of just removing them. I am assuming the Savage forks are pretty much the same design as the DR650's. Could be wrong.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: lowering forks 1 1/2" Reply #2 - 12/22/10 at 12:18:59 Best I can do to help is link you to this... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1289315334 click on his link in the first post for very detailed information
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kernel ken YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 34 Loveland Ohio Gender:	Re: lowering forks 1 1/2" Reply #3 - 12/22/10 at 12:21:01 I did the same thing to my DR and it worked fine. I'm pretty sure that it'll work on the S40 also. BTW, it takes a special tool to make the change. I was told that it cost is $75 and the dealer would make the change for me for the same cost. And that's what I did.
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Re: lowering forks 1 1/2"
Reply #4 - 12/22/10 at 12:39:53

babyhog wrote on 12/22/10 at 12:18:59:

Best I can do to help is link you to this...

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1289315334

click on his link in the first post for very detailed information

Yep, that's what I'm talkin' bout Willis. But dang, those savage spacers are long! In order to lower just 1.5 inches, cut that length off your spacers and use the cut piece for the spacer at the top of the damper rod:

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: lowering forks 1 1/2" Reply #5 - 12/22/10 at 12:54:01 You'll still end up decreasing travel.
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DBC YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3	Re: lowering forks 1 1/2" Reply #6 - 12/22/10 at 13:37:47 great info! Thanks guys. I'll let you know what I end up doing.
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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 forks 1 1/2" Reply #7 - 12/22/10 at 14:46:59 here's another one... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;n...
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: lowering forks 1 1/2" Reply #8 - 12/22/10 at 15:08:17 i'm concerend about bottoming out the front end, if you look closely you can see on thumper how far it travels.
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