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Author Message   Rocketsprink Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 04:37 pm:        I see people have lowered the bike by raising the forks in the triples and replacing the rear shock. I see some have used the shock from the SS model. Any particular reason for that? Aren't the shocks the same between the S, SS and R? What about mounting the resivour(sic)? Does the bike handle well with this set up? What about replacing the shock spring on the stock shock body with one from the pro series kit? I know the shock spring is shorter, so I'm guessing it won't work with the stock shock body? I'd hate to loose the external adjustment. Thanks.   Etennuly Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 04:54 pm:        Gotj has the set up you are looking for. I'll page him to the table if I can.   Gotj Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 05:28 pm:        Etennuly, I appreciate the vote of confidencea do will do my best. Trackside Engineering shortened my Uly shock so that the bike is 1.35" lower. Another BadWeber has since reported that the business had been sold and he hadn't been able to contact it. I hope the situation has improved because that was a cost-effective solution if you want to keep the standard adjustment mechanism. In the front, I raised the forks in the triple clamp a matching 1.35". That required raising the handlebars too. Trackside also will (or did) shorten the forks if you don't want to mess with the handlebars. In any case, the sidestand needs shortened too. Before I sent the shock to Trackside, I put an XB9 shock on which lowered it 1.5" in the rear and raised the forks as much as I could without messing with the handlebars or sidestand. I rode it that way for a couple of hundred miles without incident or complaint. The XB9 shock and raised forks is the "entry level" lowering project.   Rocketsprink Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 06:58 pm:        The new owner's name is Randy. He's rebuilding my Ohlin's shock for my race bike. I can PM his phone number if anyone is interested. I was looking for a quick way to lower the suspension without having to send out the forks and shock. I thought Ed, former owner of Trackside, used the Pro-Series spring on the stock shock body and revalved it, but I could be wrong. I'll have to ask him.   Gotj Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 07:14 pm:        I don't see how changing just the spring would shorten the shock.   Rocketsprink Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 08:48 pm:        Don't know. That's why I'm asking. How did they shorten your stock shock? I can't imagine they used the stock spring, unless they cut it.   Gotj Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 09:24 pm:        I believe they open up the shock and put a spacer on the shaft to keep it from extending as far. They could install a shorter shaft but I don't think they do that. It DOES take a new spring though. My new spring and valving were set for my weight as part of the rebuild.

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