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IFS travel?

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Offline mrhawk

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IFS travel?
« on: July 08, 2011, 05:56:29 AM »
How much wheel travel do you guys get from the front?

I measured mine and I've got just over 5" of travel (Measured at the locking hub)  that's from full droop to full bump one side.

And since I've got loads of unused strut travel left I'm  curious to what others get  ???  Seems unnecessary with the expensive longer struts when you aren't even close to using the stock travel.

Waiting for some new (stock length) struts, and when I get them I'm going to try to squeeze all the travel out of them if its possible.

My current setup is 2" calmini arms with the balljoint mounted to the bottom, 2,25" strut spacer and the Hagen widening.

Re: IFS travel?
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2011, 10:17:22 AM »
5.5" is about right for stock struts.  What are you using that is longer?

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Re: IFS travel?
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2011, 10:55:59 AM »
5.5" is about right for stock struts.  What are you using that is longer?

Using stock suzuki struts now.  At full bump I still have about 2" of usable strut travel left, witch is about 2,5-3" at the wheel. I'm going to cycle the suspension again without springs when I change struts to se where I can squeeze out a bit more.

Would love to get more downtravel, but with only 1" diff drop I think I might be pushing it already.

Re: IFS travel?
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2011, 01:07:21 PM »
I would have to look again but I think my stockers would only compress enough for 5.5".  Maybe some shaft still shows but isnt useable.