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R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1
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What is the 5sl measurement, when in the fazer yokes with the fork extended, from top of fork leg to bottom of yoke, is it more than 120mm?

With my forks 24mm through yokes there is approx 124mm from top of fork leg, not top of seal, to the underside of bottom yoke. which is a bit short for the yamaha figure of 140mm travel. Doing my best maniac impersonation on some pretty rough roads gave me 98mm, doing an emergency stop saw 110mm and run out of clearance with forks raised 30mm, I just like to know what my bike is going to do in a violent stop under my conditions rather than find out the hard way . The way the nice roads without loads of traffic are now around here its really not too hard to get into the last third of travel 

What I'm trying to ask is when 5sl fitted to the Fazer do you still have all  that 120mm travel available as the Fazer bottom yokes are approx 40mm further down the fork stanchions ?

As to the clipping mod I was figuring an inch less spring to compress would gain a few mm or rather reduce travel, didnt really look how tightly the  spring was coiled when  it was out. Making the  equivalent length with spacer would give same ride ht but is it not reducing the compressable length of suspension by whatever that  inch of spring used to compress. Was hoping a 2" cut would reduce travel enough to run the forks at 30mm :lol

What i do notice with the extra oil is much less weight  transfer when rolling off and miss that dive into the corner feeling, the reduced airgap seems to give a lot more support also in the first third of travel.  More fiddling, just hope the weather holds. I have managed over 600 sunny miles last couple of weeks, now on 4th tankfull and gritting my teeth every fill up  :eek , robbing bastards.
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R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 13-02-12, 04:10 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 14-02-12, 07:12 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 15-02-12, 01:10 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 15-02-12, 10:22 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 15-02-12, 10:12 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 20-02-12, 05:41 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 23-02-12, 05:55 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 23-02-12, 09:31 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 23-02-12, 11:28 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by old son - 27-02-12, 08:25 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 29-02-12, 04:29 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by old son - 01-03-12, 08:57 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 01-03-12, 10:35 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 01-03-12, 01:46 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 04-03-12, 11:00 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 05-03-12, 10:23 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 05-03-12, 02:40 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 05-03-12, 05:11 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 06-03-12, 01:33 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 09-03-12, 10:15 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 10-03-12, 09:58 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by devilsyam - 10-03-12, 10:25 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 10-03-12, 01:20 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by devilsyam - 10-03-12, 04:06 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 10-03-12, 07:38 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by old son - 11-03-12, 11:58 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 14-03-12, 02:10 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 14-03-12, 02:14 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by kebab19 - 15-03-12, 10:10 AM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by macmivvi - 15-03-12, 11:00 PM
Re: R6 forks (non USD) for Gen1 - by 1967fazer - 15-03-12, 11:12 PM

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