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Re: Bike Stance
Reply #16 - 10/20/19 at 15:51:11

Serowbot wrote on 10/20/19 at 12:57:06:

Mine were used... I've had them on for around ten years.
This pair was much softer than stock. I'm only 145lbs.
I got them from a buddy that was 300lbs,.. so they might have been particularly well broke-in.
... but perfect for me.

I probably have 100 lbs over Sew and with the same intruder shocks set on the softest setting. I don't think I've ever bottomed out.

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1417 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Bike Stance Reply #17 - 10/21/19 at 01:32:03 Mine: 12 1/2 rears, front lowered 30mm using DC Motive top tree, totally painless mod resulting in almost zero understeer, and a smile in every corner ! https://postimg.cc/xksV29VW cheers!
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2778	Re: Bike Stance Reply #18 - 10/21/19 at 12:04:35 My front end it lowered with stock rear shocks.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Bike Stance Reply #19 - 10/21/19 at 12:15:59 I run 11.5"progressive shocks , but only need one hockey puck under the kickstand , which I ground to the shape of the stand at the top ,and about twice the size at the bottom . It supports the bike on any surface.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Bike Stance Reply #20 - 10/21/19 at 12:54:55 Ohio , only because you have mid mounted pegs With stock pegs and stock shocks you'd be in trouble. Our 35 degree fork rake and forward pegs both make things worse
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2778	Re: Bike Stance Reply #21 - 10/22/19 at 06:34:49 Not true batman. I ran it a whole summer in stock trim with the 18" rear wheel and lowered forks. No issues at all.
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Re: Bike Stance
Reply #22 - 10/22/19 at 08:05:55

The 18"wheel lifts the rear 3/4 of a inch alone , maybe more depending on tire size and brand and tread depth , equivalent to running an 11" shock rather than the stock 10 " , which gave you added height under the pegs . that's how you got away with it , Blanco Willy did not intend to go the 18 " wheel route or taller shocks .He would have been dragging pegs.

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Reply #23 - 10/22/19 at 08:31:07

Sorry batman, the 18" tire is just under 3/4" ( .7" ) larger in diameter than the stock tire. But this only raises the rear axle by half of that. So the rear axle is less than 3/8" higher than with the stock tire. But wait, there is more...

The stock footpegs are closer to the front axle which is the fulcrum of the ark of the rear axle. The pegs are about twice as far from the rear axle than the front, so they get raised about a 3rd of what the rear axle got raised. That means my 18" tire raised the pegs by less than 1/8".

So you are saying the only reason I could ride that bike to and from work every day for months was that the 18" tire that raised my footpegs ~1/8"?????

I must be one lucky bastard!! Wink

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Re: Bike Stance
Reply #24 - 10/22/19 at 10:08:26

I looked at your bike with the forward stock pegs ,and I saw that they looked pristine! You must have "chicken strips" a mile wide on your tires, kind of what I'd expected ,you actually have to lean the bike to grind a peg ( you may be the only owner that hasn't - maybe you could start a poll?) mine are ground up into the chrome end cap about a 1/4" from running a stock suspension , but never since going to 11.5 'progressive shocks. So maybe you're not so lucky, as not very aggressive . Remember it's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. (your 18 "tire if a 110 is 1.98 "larger in dia. a 120 2,69 '' larger ,lifting your bike between 1&1.5 "" taller on avg. )= to a 11 or 11.5 "shock)

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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2778	Re: Bike Stance Reply #25 - 10/22/19 at 10:15:40 Okay
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28685 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Bike Stance Reply #26 - 10/22/19 at 10:16:56 Sometimes, I just want to go do doughnuts in a parking lot to get rid of my chicken strips... So embarrassing... Ohio,.. really like yer' bike...
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5113 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Bike Stance Reply #27 - 10/22/19 at 12:03:37 I love both his bikes !
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Bike Stance Reply #28 - 10/22/19 at 13:16:40 Ruttly's wife emailed me this picture of him taking care of his chicken strips.
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