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Aug '10: What the bike looked like before...pretty ugly.
After getting all the junk off, really the next thing I did was decide how I wanted the stance, so I lowered the forks to 2" under, and just shaved the sliders by grinder and sandpaper while I was at it..
I wasen't going to hardtail this project, so next was to shorten the rear shocks down 2". I dont have a spring compressor, so I just cut a peice of exhaust tubing that would press downwards on the top of the cover, and added two flanges to the sides (one shown here). I ran threaded rods through them, and made a way to fasten them to a pin going through the eyelet at the bottom of the shock.
Next I cut the piston rod between the cup and the upper mount.
With the cup and upper mount free, I cut the rod down the 2".
After a lot of fussing, and making sure the mount was in the right spot, I welded it back to the rod.
After welded, I slid the cup back up and left a little valley between it and the mount so it had a a good penetration weld.
Re-assembled and lying along side the other shock so you can see the difference.

After getting all the junk off, really the next thing I did was decide how I wanted the stance, so I lowered the forks to 2" under, and just shaved the sliders by grinder and sandpaper while I was at it..


I wasen't going to hardtail this project, so next was to shorten the rear shocks down 2". I dont have a spring compressor, so I just cut a peice of exhaust tubing that would press downwards on the top of the cover, and added two flanges to the sides (one shown here). I ran threaded rods through them, and made a way to fasten them to a pin going through the eyelet at the bottom of the shock.

Next I cut the piston rod between the cup and the upper mount.

With the cup and upper mount free, I cut the rod down the 2".

After a lot of fussing, and making sure the mount was in the right spot, I welded it back to the rod.

After welded, I slid the cup back up and left a little valley between it and the mount so it had a a good penetration weld.

Re-assembled and lying along side the other shock so you can see the difference.
