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many people will not recommend it (likely without ever trying  ) , but i always cut up my springs for more stiffness and make a longer spacer to get back the right ride height. never had a problem in 30 years. cost? a few $ for the nylon material to turn two spacers on the lathe or cut some PVC tubing.
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Originally Posted by turboguzzi
many people will not recommend it (likely without ever trying  ) , but i always cut up my springs for more stiffness and make a longer spacer to get back the right ride height. never had a problem in 30 years. cost? a few $ for the nylon material to turn two spacers on the lathe or cut some PVC tubing.
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Well I have checked the date of the post and I assume that this is an April Fool post.
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no 1st April thing, it's totally for real. I also understand people rejecting the idea in disbelief, but works for me. Not forcing anyone to do this or even believe it....
link to a non 1st april post (not mine)
http://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/t1...t-fork-springs
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So you have reduced the available travel but not affected the spring rate so it bottoms out earlier is the way I see it.
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good try but exactly the opposite:
increased the rate, travel/ride height remains the same, bottoms later.
let's let paddywagon decide who he wants to believe,
between us we can agree that we disagree
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Cutting a section of compressible spring and replacing it with non-compressible spacer would, in theory, reduce the amount of available travel---that is, unless the stock travel 'bottoms out' before the spring reaches full compression.
For folks doing mostly street/light trail riding, I'm sure that works fine. But I'm looking to make my front forks handle more aggressive bumpy terrain, and I want to make sure I still have full travel.
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I'm wanting to do the same for a 1986 xt. 43f
Can you post a li k to the setup you got for the rear?
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