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fastbub YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Question about stock forks and lowered 02/04/13 at 02:32:15 I wanted to see if somebody has a measurement of their stock fork height. Maybe from the top of the lower leg seal to the bottom of the lower fork clamp. I lowered my forks the other night but forgot to take a before measurement and wanted to see if I netted the drop I was looking for. Thanks in advance for the help!
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Question about stock forks and lowered Reply #1 - 02/04/13 at 11:52:00 6 1/4 inches on mine from the bottom of the lower triple tree to the rubber. (2006 w/ about 10,000 miles)
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fastbub YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Re: Question about stock forks and lowered Reply #2 - 02/04/13 at 15:02:06 Thanks a million! I just checked the measurement against mine and I am a little less than the 2 1/2" I made the spacers but it is just the frame fork and wheels on there right now so I imagine it will drop a bit when I have a motor, tank, seat etc etc....
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Re: Question about stock forks and lowered
Reply #3 - 02/05/13 at 05:40:50

fastbub wrote on 02/04/13 at 15:02:06:

Thanks a million! I just checked the measurement against mine and I am a little less than the 2 1/2" I made the spacers but it is just the frame fork and wheels on there right now so I imagine it will drop a bit when I have a motor, tank, seat etc etc....

I am not sure it will drop at all. If you made spacers that hold the starting position down 2.5" - your springs are now preloaded significantly. They may not move from the weight of the bike alone.

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Re: Question about stock forks and lowered
Reply #4 - 02/05/13 at 18:10:23

Dave wrote on 02/05/13 at 05:40:50:

fastbub wrote on 02/04/13 at 15:02:06:

Thanks a million! I just checked the measurement against mine and I am a little less than the 2 1/2" I made the spacers but it is just the frame fork and wheels on there right now so I imagine it will drop a bit when I have a motor, tank, seat etc etc....

I am not sure it will drop at all. If you made spacers that hold the starting position down 2.5" - your springs are now preloaded significantly. They may not move from the weight of the bike alone.

No the spacers are made for the dampening rod. The spacers on top of the springs are cut 2.5" shorter. 2.5" spacers are added on top of the spring on the dampening rod in order to for the dampening to work properly at the lowered height. As I indicated, my measurements are now 2.25 inches lower than the stock measurements but with only the frame, fork and wheels right now. I am more than sure the added weight of the rest of the bike being assembled will result in at least a 1/4" more of sag in the front end.

If you are confused, check out the how to on chopcult.com by punkskalar. It shows how this mod is done.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18100 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Question about stock forks and lowered Reply #5 - 02/06/13 at 04:48:32 OK....I didn't realize that the top spacers were cut down. That would elminate the springs from adding a lot of pre-load.
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: Question about stock forks and lowered Reply #6 - 02/06/13 at 07:47:04 Here's the How-To from chopcult.com http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7129
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