Hi The former owner to who I bought the bike is quite tall, so he ordered adapt the suspension, by increasing the stroke length, both of the front legs and shock absorber (he didn’t change the tie rod nor the rocking lever). As I’m not so tall (only 175cm), I want it with the strokes as new, that is, 270mm front fork and 320mm in the rear, so I took both front and rear suspension to a suspension specialist. Here a pic of the bike without legs (by the way, to remove the shock absorver you can also make it removing the rear fork... ) Now, with the work done, I take the pieces back home and I put them in the bike. To check if front suspension has 270mm is quite easy (you only has to take the measurement on the bars) but to check rear stroke is not. I have the feeling, by looking at the bike, that now the rear is a bit down. In my opinion, an easy way to know if the shock absorber has the same stroke as new is to take the measurement in the pic (having the bike on a stand, of course). I’ve managed to take that measurement by using a small piece of plastic, that, step by step, I have been cutting it till I’ve got just the exact gap. I would appreciate a lot if someone can take the time to take this measurements in your bikes. Before I took the shock absorber to the suspension specialist, it had 65mm. Now, as you can see in the pic, it has 53mm. Thank you
Hey there, if 320mm is the wheel travel i'm afraid you'll have to measure it on the rear axle, but that's pretty hard to do with the spring mounted. You could try removing the spring and then checkin the rear axle travel. Or maybe ask a member if they can provide a picture of their shocks, I have a SM so I can't help wiith that...
