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lower bsa thunderbolt

Postby coldcommandocafe » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:30 pm

I just purchased a thunderbolt for my wife need to drop a little hight off the bike for her. any Ideas.
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Postby L.A.B. » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:06 am

Remove some seat foam?

Fit shorter shocks?

Fit smaller wheels?

Or a combination of all three?
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Postby BrianK » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:02 pm

Can you raise the fork tubes in the triple trees? (No idea of the setup of a Beezer's forks.) Did that on a Hinckley Triumph for my wife, dropped 1-1/4" in the front, 1" under shocks, she went from not being able to flat foot it to perfectly comfortable.
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Postby L.A.B. » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:44 am

BrianK wrote:Can you raise the fork tubes in the triple trees?



No, as the fork tubes should be a taper-fit in the upper tree, the same as Norton or Triumph drum brake forks?
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Postby Alpha » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:05 pm

Get a taller wife? :D
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Postby BrianK » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:28 pm

High heeled sandals. Great look for a girl anyway.
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Postby grandpaul » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:19 pm

You could fit a set of aftermarket yokes with open-pinch clamps bottm AND top...
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