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08 888 axle to crown height?

Mountain_Dewd

Monkey
May 30, 2005
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whis
Does anyone know the minimum axle to crown height on the new 888's?

Some of the photos i saw the lower crown looked like it had a somewhat significant drop.

Is it higher, lower or equal to the current model?
 

WBC

Monkey
Aug 8, 2003
578
1
PNW
Has anyone actually measured it? You can never believe til you see it with those guys.
 

ultraNoob

Yoshinoya Destroyer
Jan 20, 2007
4,504
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Hills of Paradise
noob question... why is the axle to crown height important? I thought all I needed to be concerned with was making sure that there was enough "usable stanchion surface" so the lower crown doesn't hit the dustwipes during full compression
 

sriracha

Monkey
Jun 9, 2006
496
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805
just out of curiousity, what's the axle to crown height of the '07 888?
i can't find it on marzocchi's website.

found it.

07 888RC2X is 584mm A-C.

damn. the 08 is 17mm lower!

that means i can run mad spacerz and comfort barz!
 

Mountain_Dewd

Monkey
May 30, 2005
331
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whis
noob question... why is the axle to crown height important? I thought all I needed to be concerned with was making sure that there was enough "usable stanchion surface" so the lower crown doesn't hit the dustwipes during full compression
It's basically the measure of the length of the fork, which has significant effects on the geometry of your bike. Handlebar height, wheelbase, headtube angle, bb height ect.

Great to hear the its in that 567 range! hopefully its true...

For whatever reason i didnt see it on zocchis website, and when i went back to look again i didn't see it