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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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1 inch, cutting them at a half inch now, will be putting them back on tomorrow will be posting new picts
 
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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bosken...how much did you cut your spacer down to? how long was the piece you put back in the forks...im doing mine this weekend
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:20 AM
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Whats the weight capacity for the 412s in 11" ?

Would you bottom out carrying a passenger?

How does turning go?
Ever drag forward control pegs on corners?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MyBeerBelly
bosken...how much did you cut your spacer down to? how long was the piece you put back in the forks...im doing mine this weekend
J

You see the mark on my pic posted on this threads page 1.

12,5 mm - 1/2"

The Fork legs went down from 140mm down to 90mm (5.5" to 3.5")
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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might be a dumb question but...the longer piece goes in the fork right?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MyBeerBelly
might be a dumb question but...the longer piece goes in the fork right?
Not sure what you mean...

This is the kit:



And this is what you take out and put on the shelf:



The .5" cutted spacer for the 2" drop.

 
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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thats the kit i have also...the spacer that you put back into the fork is only .5 of an inch? or do you cut .5 of an inch of the spacer off and use the big piece left over?
thanks for any help...
you have a sick scoot
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 06:51 AM
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the part i put in is only .5 inch. I got mine down to 4 inches from the top of the slidder to the bottom tree
 
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