Lowering links

[widebear]

Can anybody shed some light re: lowering links, which & how much the effect?

[eff]

I have the 126MM links. They lower the back about 0.75"-0.8", but the forks need to be raised as far as they can go in the clamps. I'm getting ready to send my suspension in to have it profesionally lowered.

[widebear]

Good, thanks EFF. I have some Showa 49 mm twin chamber conventionls that I will be lowering to corelate proportionatly with the drop achivied in the rear with the longer pull rods. BTW are 126's the longest available?

[GMP]

I'd avoid the 126s. They will put a lot of leverage on the shock in the early travel forcing it to blow through quickly. I've used the 123s/124s on my '00 to bring the rear down a bit but for true lowering your better off having the shock shortened.

[stainlesscycle]

i used the 126. needed to respring and i warned les i had it on there when he revalved. i pushed the forks all the way up in trees (mine go up a bit farther - i have the adjustable checkpoint top triple clamp )

[GMP]

I honestly think that the pre '07 bikes work better with more sag, keeping the shock preload to 10mm max with a spring on the heavy side for your weight, than the longer links. The rear calms down nicely. With the links people tend to jack up the preload to meet sag and the bike is more harsh in the initial travel and moves through too fast. JMO, but works for me.