Headset Reducer

Dougizzle
Dougizzle Posts: 133
edited August 2008 in MTB workshop & tech
Hey, I may be buying some 2006 marzocchi 888vf2 for my diamondabck xts moto and have been told i will need a headset reducer. I have no idea about these, what size i will need etc could anyone look at my bike spec on the net and the forks and maybe recomend a reducer that will do the job.

Thanks
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    You either need some 1.5 to 1 1/8th heaset reducers and then a new 1 1/8" headset of a reducing headset.

    and i hope they are 170mm forks.
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  • Dougizzle
    Dougizzle Posts: 133
    They are the 200mm. Is that a problem? I havnt brought them yet so can always change my mind.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    well the frame will not really like a fork that long. even if they had the flat crowns they are still really too long for the frame.
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  • Dougizzle
    Dougizzle Posts: 133
    So in otherwords dont get any big travle DH forks because they will destroy my frame if they take a big impact? Or are we talking a mess up of geomitry?
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    mess up the geo and make it handle like a pig.
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  • Dougizzle
    Dougizzle Posts: 133
    Ah ok then well thats a shame, I might give them a miss then. I would be able to get some 170/180mm double or tripple crown forks without messing it up?

    Actually i might just leave it how it is because im not having any problems with it so might just keep the money for any repairs or parts i may need in the upcoming months.


    Thanks very much for the help tho !!!!
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    Leaping from the sky
    Hurling through the air
    Exhilarating high
    See the earth below
    Soon to make a crater

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