replacing lowered shock.. "new" used one same length? need a little help.

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I own two 2006 CRF450Rs. One I use for MX, and the other I have converted to trail riding. When I bought the recent bike for trail, the guy told me he had the rear shock lowered 1.5". When I measured the two bikes after I got it home, the bike I bought was a little lower in the rear but maybe about .5-1" (yes after I set the sag). I did not want a lowered shock so I bought a nice looking stock used shock on ebay that is supposed to also be from an 06 CRF450R. When I removed the shock from the bike, and I measured them both, they are both about 19.5" bolt eye to eye. I see no difference. I thought a lowered shock would be shorter due to the spacer that is inserted in the cartridge, right? Anyone got the length of a stock 06 shock?

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Michael
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SEE ARE125 1/17/2015 4:11pm
1/17/2015 4:11pm
Check the linkages and see if they're the same. The most common method of lowering a bike is with a lowering link.
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MSM69Z28 1/17/2015 4:33pm
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SEE ARE125 wrote:
Check the linkages and see if they're the same. The most common method of lowering a bike is with a lowering link.
Just went out and measured, and both linkages are the same length. Also, just to clarify, when I measured height, it was axle nut to point on the side panel so not lowered as a result of cut seat foam either. It doesn't really make sense. The kid I bought it from talked to me about how he lowered the shock, but its the same length as the used one I bought. I don't think they are both lowered either cause about 20" looks like the right length when I see some photos of other used shocks next to a tape measure on ebay. Maybe this shock wasn't lowered??

A lowered shock should measure shorter, right?
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Boarddesign 1/17/2015 4:54pm
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Yes, it should be a shorter distance from eye to eye, but it only takes a few mm on the spacer to get results on seat height. I lowered ours 2mm and it was very noticeable when installed.
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MSM69Z28 1/17/2015 4:59pm
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Boarddesign wrote:
Yes, it should be a shorter distance from eye to eye, but it only takes a few mm on the spacer to get results on seat...
Yes, it should be a shorter distance from eye to eye, but it only takes a few mm on the spacer to get results on seat height. I lowered ours 2mm and it was very noticeable when installed.
Ok. That might make more sense then. I just been ball parking my measurements eye to eye, and if we are talking about 2-3mm, thats only about .1" or

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Bruce372 1/17/2015 5:22pm
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Why don't you just mount it up and measure the height?

You can theorize , or you can.measure.

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