Lowered bike and it didnt cost me an arm and a leg..

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Wow this is crazy! Are the springs on the new shocks much the same as the original. I refer to the diameter of the medal and number of turns etc. If I understand what you have done then it is the springs (getting overly technical I be) that determines the amount of drop (or lowering) of the rear of the bike, is that correct?

I'm impressed, are you a gear-head by trade?

Spring diameter on the Honda shock is .310",on the Triumph shock it is .316".
The Honda shock has 9 coils,the Triumph shock has 11 coils,
with the spring tension adjuster set at the lowest tension setting-both Honda and triumph springs are 8 inches in length.
Distance from the bottom of the spring to center of bottom bushing is 4 inches on the Honda and 2.50 inches on the triumph.
Honda shock is 14.25 center to center,Triumph is 13 inches center to center,major difference is at bottom end of shocks,otherwise they are pretty close in all other dimensions.

I did plan on lowering the front a little,but doing just the rear seems to be all I needed and is working just fine.I really don't want to lower the front end due to having the front header pipes lower to ground.

As for Gear-head,you can say that....Ive built about 20 custom bikes over the years,all Harley engine driven machines as I know Harley drivetrains inside and out.Ive had American,British,Italian and Japanese bikes over the years...and still continue to enjoy the two wheel disease.
I'll get some pics up when I get some pics of bike.