thanks for the info, the story on this bike is i got from a dealer in Lancs and it was shipped to Ushuaia argentina, i did some reasearch and it came in pretty conclusive this was the best all around bike for what i was doing. I was hoping that it would be released in the US soon...and it wasn't, they went with the super tenere instead which is like a street bike with jacked up suspension and way to heavy and too many things that could go wrong!!!

anyhow, now i'm here contemplating mods

my bike has the sachs shock, with a white spring, is that how it comes from the factory?

my links measure 145mm eye to eye, my center stand appears to have been reduced in height so this makes me think its lowered. when i was fully loaded riding to prudhoe bay was when i first noticed it bottoming out on real rough terrain, at that point i had around 35,000 miles on the bike, by the time i got home at 50,000 miles reasonable bumps on normal roads would make it bottom out, it happened especially on bends

have you done your front springs? standard spring or progresive hyper pro again?

i like the sound of your bars not having to add risers, i'll see if i can find those here, i'm sure i can, are they a larger OD bar or is it just thicker wall tubing, and do they fit in the stock clamps, also i guess you didn't have to lengthen anything?

if you could give me the measurments on the plus sized linkages those i can cut on the CNC or waterjet at the shop

thanks for your help

Paul