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Old 24-02-16, 21:03
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Originally Posted by keithy2 View Post
Hi I have just fitted 1 inch lowering links to my ten and like the reduced height but the suspension seems harder and there seems to be more drive train vibration.
Interesting observations. Theoretically the longer dog bones increase leverage on the shock so generally people notice the suspension softening with lowering links fitted and find they need to add preload to bring things under control.

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Originally Posted by keithy2 View Post
The chain is quite slack at the moment I would have thought it would have tightened up after fitting longer links.
Indeed, if you didn't change the chain adjustment between removing the old links and adding the new, you'd expect the chain to be tighter with the bike sitting under it's own weight and even on a centre stand as the bump stop in the shock will be reached with the swingarm at less of an angle.