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Why don't you just loosen the pinch bolts on the triple trees and slide the tubes up in the trees, then you'll know what it looks like and how many parts you can drag on the ground?
I know there are threads around on that; because quite a few of us chipped in, especially when discussing the removal of the fork caps. Many of us fashioned our own "tool" out of clamps and what not to get them back on.
I've never lowered just the front, not sure I remember anyone else either. You can get the trail kinda messed up when doing just one or the other, but most people change because once you do the rear, you find out just how bad the front is also.
Thanks guys! Still not too sure what I'm doing with this thing sitting in the garage but it will be something cool. I have drag bars on the bike now and they get in the way of the shock tubes if I were to loosen the trees. Maybe I'll just undo them to see what its like.
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