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How good are you guys? 2 Years, 8 Months ago  
Not sure what method the PO used to lower the ride. I love how it looks but I got some chubby side action and the frame hits on big bumps. Thinking about going to stock and wondering if someone can pull a Dr House from this picture....
 
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Re:How good are you guys? 2 Years, 8 Months ago  
The most common way people lower these bikes is the flip and grind (or grind & flip). Look here and look under your bike and see if anything looks familiar. It will be either flip & grind, longer dog bones or an aftermarket relay link.



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Last Edit: 2010/09/08 09:56 By fireman922.
 

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Re:How good are you guys? 2 Years, 8 Months ago  
I'm betting flip & grind two. Looks the same as most other people who have done it that way.
 
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Re:How good are you guys? 2 Years, 8 Months ago  
My Lady is looking over my shoulder and fully agrees with the "Flip and Grind" method
 
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Re:How good are you guys? 2 Years, 8 Months ago  
No way to really tell from the pic....however I'm going to guess NOT a flip, I think they used new dogbones. It's sitting pretty low, lower than I would expect with a flip (note fender radius to whitewall radius). If that's the case you can only figure it out by measuring the dogbones and comparing to stock. I can't remember stock length but I know someone here will. You can check that and the dogbone by jacking up the bike and looking and measuring.

 
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Re:How good are you guys? 2 Years, 8 Months ago  
I love how it looks but I got some chubby side action and the frame hits on big bumps


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