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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Front fork question Reply #15 - 06/24/12 at 15:41:28 Will they lift the rear end? I just lowered my fender and would hate to see that change.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Front fork question Reply #16 - 06/24/12 at 15:46:31 If ya mounted it to the swing arm, no change. otherwise,, change,
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Front fork question Reply #17 - 06/24/12 at 15:48:42 Because the shocks are mounted at 45 deg, 1/2" longer shocks will only raise the bike 1/4 " with no load on them.
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Re: Front fork question
Reply #18 - 06/24/12 at 15:49:00

Greg wrote on 06/24/12 at 15:41:28:

Will they lift the rear end? I just lowered my fender and would hate to see that change.

It does a little until you sit mount the bike, then it settles into place. They are progressive springs. The ones I use 412-4233c the spring rate is 115/155 which gives a much better ride then the stock shocks and the stance seems to be about the same when I'm sitting on it with the 11" long models.

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Reply #19 - 07/01/12 at 10:31:57

So I decided to play with the preload. For a couple of dollars and a few minutes I will learn something. I took the metal tube to Lowe's. There is no PVC pipe the same dimensions. The 1" is too big to fit in the fork tube and the 3/4" falls inside the stock tube. I guess I am going to need to add a washer to prevent the 3/4" from falling inside. Any other ideas?

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Front fork question Reply #20 - 07/01/12 at 12:16:54 Look in the conduit section. Those sizes are different.
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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	Re: Front fork question Reply #21 - 07/01/12 at 12:27:49 myself I dunno if I would trust plastic in there as a spacer for pre-loading the springs anyways. I would go with a metal tube instead.
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Front fork question Reply #22 - 07/01/12 at 13:17:26 arteacher wrote on 07/01/12 at 12:16:54: Look in the conduit section. Those sizes are different. The 1" IMC was the perfect size, but Lowe's only had EMT. I did scour the store until I found something, though.
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Front fork question Reply #23 - 07/01/12 at 13:18:12 rfw2003 wrote on 07/01/12 at 12:27:49: myself I dunno if I would trust plastic in there as a spacer for pre-loading the springs anyways. I would go with a metal tube instead. PVC is fine. BCB includes it with their kit. Others have used it. But I know what you mean.
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Re: Front fork question
Reply #24 - 07/01/12 at 13:20:29

I found a solution. As long as the metal is strong enough. I believe it will be fine. My original spacer was 5.25" long. The replacement spacer is 6" long. My initial test drive has it feeling less squishy. I think I like it. I will know after some longer rides. I will also find out if the material holds up.

This is what I used:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_24725-143-1120K_0__?productId=1070285&Ntt=24725&pl=1&...

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