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#255716 fireman922 (User) Chrome won't get ya home, but it will get ya laid. Platinum Boarder Posts: 4342 Those with lowered forks, I need some info 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Hiya, According to specs, stock fork travel is 5.5 inches. If you have installed lowering springs or used some other technique to lower the front, does that shorten the fork travel (to say 4.5) or does it move the travel up, leaving it still at 5.5 inches. Somehow this seems more confusing that I want to ask. The thing is I need to lower the front and raise the fender, and don't want to slam the fender into the lower tree. Thanks everyone, Paul   Logged     Grow Old or Die Trying...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #255720 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 17615 Re:Those with lowered forks, I need some info 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Lowering springs are actually shorter springs so .... they lower the front end reducing the amount of travel. Lowering the front has nothing to do with the fender ... the two are independent of each other. If you take the springs out you will see the max that the lower tree will travel downwards .... 5.5" more or less. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access. #255724 fireman922 (User) Chrome won't get ya home, but it will get ya laid. Platinum Boarder Posts: 4342 Re:Those with lowered forks, I need some info 2 Years, 3 Months ago   OK, so there is some kind of "hard stop" internal to the forks. Didn't know if the springs coil binding was used as the hard stop. Thanks   Logged     Grow Old or Die Trying...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #255766 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 17615 Re:Those with lowered forks, I need some info 2 Years, 3 Months ago   I believe the spring is the 'hard stop' .... when the spring is completely compressed it becomes the stop for the fork. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access. #255768 jamie99roadstar (User) As confused as a hungry baby in a topless bar. Platinum Boarder Posts: 3364 Re:Those with lowered forks, I need some info 2 Years, 3 Months ago   When you have the front end totally bottomed out, the fender shouldn't hit the lower tree. At least they didn't on my bike. And yes, however much lower you go in the front, you lose that much in travle. I'm down to 3 inches now.   Logged     Feenstras Towing   The administrator has disabled public write access. #255878 eblack (User) Don't force things, just use a bigger hammer Expert Boarder Posts: 432 Re:Those with lowered forks, I need some info 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Front wheel and fender move in unison, opposite of the rear fender/wheel relationship. Also you can always loosen the triple tree clamps and lower the tubes within the trees themselves; I lowered the front of mine 1/2" with no problem in about 10 min.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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