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I didn't know that either. It does make sense to me because the swing arm is longer and the bike sits a bit higher . So , maybe the forks needed to be shorter to get the geometry they wanted ? Did you actually measure them ? A couple of inches is a lot . The stationary part of the fork tube and fully extended is 2 inches shorter ?What I never noticed before until the other day is, when I parked my Dominator Naked and Commando SF right next to each other, the differences between the two bikes is more that I thought.
For example, it’s obvious the frame, swing arm, air box, rear mudguard, tail and seat are all different.
But so are the fork tubes. They are a couple inches shorter on the Dominator than the SF.
I didn’t realize they used different forks between the clip on (Dominator / cafe racer) and upright sport / SF Bikes.
Does your bike have megaphones or shorty mufflers / cat pipes?
Aluminum tank?
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