Click to view attachmentcan someone measure or post a pic in reference to how high the stock 97-98 forks stick out of the clip ons ?

Travis and I did the racetech springs/ fluid swap last night on my bird and we noticed one side is about 1/4 inch higher than the other.

I'm pretty sure they dont slide all the way down to the little safety/retainer clips.

thanks



-mike

I just measured mine (97XX), from the top of the clip-on to the bottom of the circlip is 1.5mm.

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The distance on mine (98XX) - triple to circlip groove is ~36mm but I have VFR bars on now From looking at your pick of the left bar it looks about right, I think it was ~ 8mm above the bar to the circlip

hey Mat, that sure looks like one dirty bird.......................and whats the shit onthe triple tree?
whats up with that?

My 97-98 manual calls for 39 mm from the top of the top bridge to the circlip groove.

That's genuine NYC filth on that XX. It's a 97 I picked up in the Bronx last weekend. I didn't have any social time during that trip (1137 miles in 19 hours). I apologize for not calling. The previous owner (diputsnyc) had it set for long distance touring. There'll be a crap load of accessories from it for sale soon - tank bags, soft bags, GPS, radar detector, intercom, noise filters, mounting brackets, etc.

thanks guys...

WTF TRAVIS i'm blaming you for not finding it in the owners manual

(ha I also looked front to back and found nothing!)

Hope to see you all at Rednexxt, looking forward to the good eats from Josh's wife

Mike

Just checked my manual and it does indeed state 39mm Pg 13-25 Guess I will have to put them back to 39mm from 36mm, am I right in assuming this will quicken the steering like shiming the rear to lift it up

Yes, Mine is shimed and I have the front dropped 8mm. For me this is the limit for quickness without being to unstable.