[immortal.inc]

Ok, I know lowering has been covered pretty extensively here and I have spend the last 2 hours reading all the different threads I could find.

I am pretty positive I am going to buy the Low and Mean spring but I had one thought still that I didn't see mentioned with the lowering dog bones...

Wouldn't it be pretty easy to make a bump stop type of thing (like cars have to keep from rubbing) that was just as long as you lower the bike (2" drop = 2" long bump stop extension) and just KNOW that you would never rub because it would hit that first?

I haven't gotten under the bike and looked at the shock in detail but if its like a cars shock you could have a nylon sleeve that goes over the stainless steel skinny part and a two piece steel bracket that bolts around that (two pieces so you could install it without removing the spring) that way you would never bottom out and it COULD still be cost effective.

Just throwing it out there, if its been covered just show me the link cause I couldn't find it!

Thanks!

 

[straightjacket]

There is allready a bump stop in the shock. Yes you could put a bigger one in there wether it be a longer one and you remove the spring, or a two piece version? Yes it would limit the travel, and no your tire would not rub on the seat/fender support. But you would bottom out more often, just in your shock. You would essentually just be giving yourself less travel, so the bottoming would happen sooner. It's all just preference at this point, ounce you start lowering past your clearance your gonna sacrifice something you just have to choose what thats gonna be?