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Old 25-09-16, 19:46
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Dropping fork legs

Hi I am new to the forum so before I ask my question a quick intro. I am 67 and just got back into bikes when I retired at 60. I bought a transalp and then a NC700x when they came out a few years ago. It a great bike and I have had quite a few long trips on it. I like Eastern Europe and have been there a few times but my last trip this year to Ukraine made me decide that the NC can,t hack bad roads very well and I have always fancied a XT660Z so when I got home last week I went out and got one. So now to my question. It has a TT high seat and is way to high for me so I have fitted Lust lowering links and things are looking better for my 31" inside leg. So today I thought better drop the forks. Now the top of fork tubes on this bike stand 10mm above the top yoke. I expected them to be flush. So do I drop them another 10/20mm or has it been dropped already ? Also if someone knew the torq values for the pinch bolts that would help. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. The links I fitted lower the bike by 40mm

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