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Diablobrian
Posted on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 10:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey guys, I was looking at an SCG in the showroom and liked the reduction in seat height.

I wondered if anyone with the low suspension would be interested in doing a swap over the winter.
Just a straight trade of the forks, shock, and kickstand. I have an 03 so my forks will
be a straight swap with the scg/low's 41mm forks.

I'm not in a big rush since there is still some good riding time to be had before winter sets in.
I'm just trying to see if anyone is interested. Please PM me as well as answering here if you are!

(the Low/SCG Buells have a Yellow spring on the shock, that is the easiest way to spot
them if you aren't sure if your bike is standard or low)
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Glitch
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 05:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You're gonna like the change Brian.
An XBR with the low suspension really does something for the handling, in a good way.
Not just for the shorter rider, I'm six feet, and when I rode one the 3%s swapped, it was a great feeling.
Good luck!
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 06:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

with the balance issues I have (bum leg) I think it will make me much more comfortable
in low speed maneuvers.

I'm hoping someone with a low wants to bring their bike up to standard height!

Anyone?
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The_new_guy
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 06:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh great. Thanks Glitch! Yet another mod to think about.

Gregg
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The_new_guy
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 06:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh great. Thanks Glitch! Yet another mod to think about.

How much does it drop?

Gregg
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Glitch
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 09:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not sure about how far, maybe an inch or so.
Since you're changing both ends, it keeps it level.
Even though I'm tall, if I had an R it's the way I'd go.
It really made that big of a difference.

Brian, I do believe it will help with the low speed maneuvers. Hope some one takes you up on your offer.
Have you tried posting this in the classifieds as well? Quick Board?
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Yeags30
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 09:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

if i don't sell my bike before winter i may be interested..i have an 03 low with 6600 miles on it
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 09:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have about 4k miles on my bike so the suspension is no where near shot.

I just thought I'd throw that out there.



Yeags30, let me know if you want to do the swap. I'd rather wait until riding season is
over to do the swap, but I'll work with you if that's what we need to do.
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No_rice
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 09:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

brian, dont make me come down there and put some miles on that for you!

maybe that way i could keep some miles off of mine... its getting ready to turn 16,000
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 09:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You keep breaking yours though...;)


Actually you know how it is, I can't ride nearly as often as I wish I could.
I just don't like to make too big of a thing of it. I still intend to get
some more miles in before it gets too cold Tim don't worry!

It sucks being a young man stuck in an old man's body sometimes.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Doesn't the old man complain?
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You have no idea
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Hogs
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The cg or low models are fun, the only thing I don`t like about them IF ya ever bring the wheel up they come down HARD I have both and the cg/low models bang /bottom out hard from a wheelieeeeee But if ya don`t do em thats not a plm. FWIW to ya ...
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I am very interested in the scg. I don't know why, but that bike does it for me. I guess it's 180 degrees from what I already have, a Uly.

Nothing like going from one extreme to another.
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Lorazepam
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I would have gotten a long if you could put hard bags on it.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 11:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm not big on wheelies, any I pull are usually accidental.
With my lil' 1250 I do get power wheelies, but that's not the same thing.
Even though I can't hang off the corners are more my thing.
You don't give up much, if anything in the way of cornering clearance with the low/SCG.

You do make a good point though for those with a low that want to work on their wheelies
I might have just what they are looking for.
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No_rice
Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i have thought about lowering mine many times. would look even better that way

hmmm... harder landings from a wheelie. good thing i never do those silly things....
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I still intend to get
some more miles in before it gets too cold


It gets cold down there? : )
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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It gets cold enough for me to stiffen up too much to want to ride!

Not all of us are polar bears like you Steve!

Even if my wife would disagree when it comes to adjusting the thermostat.
Hmmm...Maybe I could convince her I'm in training for winter riding?

(beavis and butthead style)
Heh heh, heh he...He said stiff!
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Diablobrian
Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 03:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Come on now, someone with a "low" bike has got to be considering the option of having a taller bike.

I have to work under the assumption that Yeags30 will have his bike sold before winter sets
in so I don't get disappointed if He does.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 11:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There have to be a couple of people that didn't realize that the bike they bought
was a low and wanted the standard suspension out there, I just have to figure out
how to reach them.

How many people have yellow shock springs that didn't know what that meant? Most dealers
(or at least the salesmen) don't know the difference.

If you have the low suspension your ride could be "plusher" if that's a word. Another
inch of suspension travel can be the difference between bottoming out and barely noticing
some of the potholes out there.

(I'll keep beating this drum....someone stop me....PLEASE ;))
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Cowboyup
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 09:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm just outside Philadelphia. any idea how much shipping would be?
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Spork
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 11:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What about the buell "pro suspension " kit? Is it any lower than stock?
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Angelwild327
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 03:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Spork, no, it's just stiffer...

Good luck Brian...you know the struggle I went through with my "big" buell...so having the scg has been such a joy. I hope you find a swap out for your bike and ride the heck out of it for the next season...and when you guys get too cold, Florida has all year riding... whenever you're ready!
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Diablobrian
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 06:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

cowboyup, I don't know what the shipping would be, I haven't pulled the parts to weigh them.

Maybe someone who has done the swap can chime in with an estimate (or how much it cost them)?

BTW I'm in Missouri.
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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Gentleman Jon has shipped his to and from a suspension tuner, as well as from e-bay. He'd probably have a good idea as to how much. Shouldn't too expensive, as long as you use UPS Ground.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 04:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So no one has any idea what shipping costs on suspension parts runs?

Gentleman_Jon?
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Glitch
Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 12:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Brian, PM Gentleman Jon.
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Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 10:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This just in from Gentleman_Jon: it cost between $50-75 to ship his forks and shock
when he had them re-worked a while back.
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Kedo
Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 10:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Are you still interested in swapping suspension parts with an Scg owner?
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