Lucky Phil Posted yesterday at 12:20 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:20 AM (edited) 29 minutes ago, gstallons said: I measure 22mm on mine and the fork cap is not included in the measurement . I also do not know how long the red frame v black frame forks are. The fork length varies depending on whether your bike has the clip-ons mounted above the top clamp or below. So the later bikes with the 43mm forks and top mount clip-on have forks 19mm longer in free length than the earlier swan neck clip-on bikes. The extra length is to accommodate the clip-ons above the top clamp obviously. Ohlins legs are 3mm longer again than the Marzocchi 43mm forks. So 22mm longer than the early forks. Phil Edited yesterday at 12:25 AM by Lucky Phil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted yesterday at 12:57 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:57 AM Here is a good example of how far the later LongFrame forks are above the top clamp from the start. Same from 2002 on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Phil Posted yesterday at 01:22 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:22 AM 24 minutes ago, docc said: Here is a good example of how far the later LongFrame forks are above the top clamp from the start. Same from 2002 on? Yep. My bikes front end is basically the later long fork and top clip-on version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago So, what is the factory dimension of the fork stanchion above the triple clamp on the later V11? Is the 2002/'03Carryover dimension different from the later V11 forks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activpop Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago (edited) 56 minutes ago, docc said: Here is a good example of how far the later LongFrame forks are above the top clamp from the start. Same from 2002 on? My Coppa has 15mm above. Edited 23 hours ago by activpop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Phil Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, docc said: So, what is the factory dimension of the fork stanchion above the triple clamp on the later V11? Is the 2002/'03Carryover dimension different from the later V11 forks? So for the 99-2001 bikes the distance is 3mm above the top triple and for the later Le mans and V11 Sport 2003 it's 36 mm and the Ballabio its 32mm. For the Ohlins bikes it's 30mm for the Rosso Corse and 26mm for the Cafe Sport. These are all starting points of course. The only thing to remember is if you raise the forks through the triples you need to make sure you don't run into ground clearance issues and the front guard hitting the oil cooler on full bump and that you still maintain the full 54mm fork OD dia in the lower triple clamp. Edited 19 hours ago by Lucky Phil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activpop Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 7 hours ago, Lucky Phil said: So for the 99-2001 bikes the distance is 3mm above the top triple My 2001 has 1mm above. I don't think it was ever monkeyed with because nothing else was ever changed on it. I wonder why there are such variances in the later bikes with the Ohlins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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