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flag woohill
Posted: Dec 21, 2007 at 12:52 Quote
i have recently found out (thanks pipes10) that demo 7's can be made to have 7.7" of travel instead of the ussual 7. all you have to do is remove a plastic clip, called a travel limiter, that is under the rubber bumper. Here is a pic
the arrow is pointing to the clip
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1655397

who needs a demo 8 when a demo 7 can be both bikes in onelol

I was wondering if anyone else has already tried this?
and if there are any negative effects?

Thanks
Josh
flag huckoveraduck
Posted: Dec 21, 2007 at 12:55 Quote
doesn't the rubber bung stop your shock body hitting the preload nut?
and also the spring coils from hitting each other?

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my bad, you remove the plastic clip not the whole bung Big Grin
flag woohill
Posted: Dec 21, 2007 at 13:11 Quote
huckoveraduck wrote:
doesn't the rubber bung stop your shock body hitting the preload nut?
and also the spring coils from hitting each other?

-edit-
my bad, you remove the plastic clip not the whole bung Big Grin

yeah i thought the same thing when i first found out
flag coca
Posted: Dec 21, 2007 at 16:51 Quote
That's not the only difference between the 7 and 8...nice try though.
flag woohill
Posted: Dec 21, 2007 at 16:59 Quote
i know its not the only diiference but its still pretty sweet
im just trying to let all demo 7 owners know that they can have extra travel if they want it
flag thomasz
Posted: Dec 22, 2007 at 16:22 Quote
nice. when I get mine ill try that out !
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Dec 23, 2007 at 5:03 Quote
stinkyde wrote:
i have recently found out (thanks pipes10) that demo 7's can be made to have 7.7" of travel instead of the ussual 7. all you have to do is remove a plastic clip, called a travel limiter, that is under the rubber bumper. Here is a pic
the arrow is pointing to the clip
photo

1655397

who needs a demo 8 when a demo 7 can be both bikes in onelol

I was wondering if anyone else has already tried this?
and if there are any negative effects?

Thanks
Josh

if your worried by negative affects take your spring of and put the shock back in the frame then you can see of its gonna come into contact with anything when you compress the suspension.
flag yatesy576
Posted: Dec 23, 2007 at 5:40 Quote
which shock did you do it too?
flag woohill
Posted: Dec 23, 2007 at 7:35 Quote
yatesy576 wrote:
which shock did you do it too?
i have a DHX 4
flag danheller12
Posted: Jan 1, 2008 at 18:53 Quote
i was gunna buy a demo 7 but i got a switch
flag coca
Posted: Jan 1, 2008 at 19:01 Quote
danheller12 wrote:
i was gunna buy a demo 7 but i got a switch
Bad choice....hahaWink
flag srobinson
Posted: Jan 1, 2008 at 19:13 Quote
It seems to me that that clip was most likely put there by fox, and is part of the shock, not a limiter. There is no reason specialized would need to put a travel restriction on a bike when they could have moved the mount quite easily for less travel.
flag danheller12
Posted: Jan 1, 2008 at 19:14 Quote
ya cole not really
flag behubert
Posted: Jan 9, 2008 at 7:54 Quote
I have a 2008 demo 7 1. An amazing bike! The owners manual talks about the "travel chip" that can be removed to increase the travel from 7.3 to 7.7 inches. I was able to talk to Specialized and ask them about the reason for the chip. The answer was interesting...Marketing. There needed to be enough of a difference between the Demo 7 and 8.
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