[Quaddy]

Hello. I've got a Bomber Z1 and its not getting full 180mm travel.

I installed a smashpot in it a little while ago and i just realised recently that it bottoms out at only 170mm travel. The travel o-ring stops about 10mm from the top of the stanchions.

To confirm the bottom out position, I removed the smashpot assembly and the fork will still not compress any further than about 10mm from the top.

Does anyone know if this is normal for a Z1 Bomber or could there be something wrong with the damper?

I had a look through the smashpot installation instructions again and noticed that there is a part to extend the top cap on fox 36 forks. This would lengthen the fork a bit and perhaps give me my 10mm travel back by extending the top out position.

Anyone else running a smashpot in a 180mm bomber? Did you install at top cap spacer or not?

 

[bridgestone14]

Pretty sure the z1 bomber only goes to 170mm of travel.

 

[Curveball]

Pretty sure the z1 bomber only goes to 170mm of travel.

True for 29, but you can get a 180 mm in 27.5.

 

[Skalman]

Fox (and marzocchi) generally has exposed stanchions that are about 10mm longer than the amount of travel availible, so the oring is never going to go all the way upp to the crown.

 

[OldMike]

Fox (and marzocchi) generally has exposed stanchions that are about 10mm longer than the amount of travel availible, so the oring is never going to go all the way upp to the crown.

MY21 140mm Rhythm bottoms out at almost the crown (maybe 3mm). Definitely no where near 10mm.