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Help with fork spring spacers

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Hello there wonderful, benevolent, and all knowing Suzuki gods! I'm installing progressive springs today and have found mine to be significantly lacking in the spacer area. I got the 11-1106 springs in the mail and they are 19.1" long and said foolishly that I needed no spacer to be inserted. So here I am with no spacer material(easily obtainable) and no instructions on how to properly calculate my pre-load. Is there anybody out there with some pointers to get me on track? Thanks folks......oh I'm 175lbs and its a 79' GS1000L if that helps.
 
Track down some 3/4" PVC pipe to make your own spacers. From there, follow the instructions found on Basscliff's site to check the sag.
 
Yeah, I don't know that there's a really good calculation out there more than trial and error. Let's see, 11-1106 is 35/50 lb/in., call it 70lb/in for the pair. 1.5" is probably a good start for pre-load, then aim for 1.5-2" sag. Of course it's going to be easier to make a PVC pipe spacer shorter than to make it longer (though you can always add some washers).
 
kinda what I figured just wanted to check and see if there was some special secret i was unaware of before I started the process...Many times I've worked all day to do a job I learned later could have taken 30min had I known the correct way. Thanks for the size info and I've read his sag instructions a few times so I should get it right. Thanks yall
 
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