that it is. im looking towards a 3"-4" fork for my Imperial and i really dont want to run reducers. oh well.
pic of new aaron chase frame built
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One of our local pro's has one and it has custom internals. Basically it is not something that you can do easily. You would have to wait till they come up with a kit of some kind
i rode greg's imperial lastnight and im getting one now.Originally posted by the Inbred
im going for the orange or the blue.
i know that dw has knocked down shermans and dorado sc's for some of the Evil guys. think it just involves the springs, a hacksaw, and some fabricated top caps.
whos dw
I want a lefty for my Cdale XC hardtail. Anyone wanna sell one cheap? Like REALLy cheap, or even trade for one they aren't using?
yeah lemme just pull that out of my ass. it might smell a bit but it will work fine.
Okay, take a look at this http://www.answerproducts.com/pdf/03SherBreakoutsvckits.pdf
It would seem you just need to lop a couple inches off the stanchions and the proportionate amount of spring. I think you would be able to leave all the valving the same - it would just think you were riding in mid-travel all the time.
Now who wants to hack up their fork to prove me right?:devil:
It would seem you just need to lop a couple inches off the stanchions and the proportionate amount of spring. I think you would be able to leave all the valving the same - it would just think you were riding in mid-travel all the time.
Now who wants to hack up their fork to prove me right?:devil:
yeah, alls i know is im not going to be first in line to start hacking off my stanchions.
you dont want a manitou cause then you would remember why you dont have one now.
That sounds like the best idea, taking a saw to legs just brings tears to my eyes even though it is a manitou. I have to say though this is the one manitou fork I would buy and it would be awesome to be able to run it at 3 or 4 inches and have the stiffest single crown ever!!
If you shorten just the springs it will still extend just as far. Pull a wheelie and the lowers will drop. When you land again the fork will compress again untill it hits the springs. Not really desiarable.
You need to find out what stops the stactions from pulling out of the lowers and see if you can modify it so the stantions can't pull out of the lowers as far.
You need to find out what stops the stactions from pulling out of the lowers and see if you can modify it so the stantions can't pull out of the lowers as far.
i think this is getting way to complicated and if i try to mod something i could really f*** things up...ill just wait for a kit
manitou sent me out some new forks for my bike that have a lock out device on it. I was breaking forks every week and they were trying to figure out why this was happening. The new forks have this thing where I can turn and compress the forks and it makes them go from 6 inches to 4 and makes them stiff as f**k. I am not sure if they have this on the market for their forks but if you can get your hands on it and want to shorten your forks go this way, no sawing, baddddd!!!!!
oh..stiff 4 - 6"...that would be very nice.
dirtdevil, not sure how often you're on RM, but i posted some of the pics i got of you, chase, and spangler. here's a link if you're interested: http://www.pbase.com/inbred/chase_visit
dirtdevil, not sure how often you're on RM, but i posted some of the pics i got of you, chase, and spangler. here's a link if you're interested: http://www.pbase.com/inbred/chase_visit
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