Rear shock - lowered

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Rear shock - lowered

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For the guys (or gals) that have lowered their bike - what rear shock length are you using and please post picture.
I’m leaning towards 11” (280mm) an curious if others have used this length.

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I'm on 11.5" progressives, and I wouldn't go much lower personally. Granted I'm a big boy so they probably sink pretty good.
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I had 11's on a 75 with a 16 inch lester rim and she scraped badly in corners.
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Thanks - I’ll look at the 11.5”, don’t want to deal with scraping.
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You will scrape with 11.5s. I do - but need to get fairly frisky to do it.
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