Will 2008 Rock Shox Boxxer fit my 2007 Norco six 3 ??,if not what downhill forks would you reccomend?

Question

Will 2008 Rock Shox Boxxer fit my 2007 Norco six 3 ??,if not what downhill forks would you reccomend?

Answer 1

Yes it will fit.  But I think its to much travel for the bike geometry.  I looked at the Norco website it the bike is designed around a fork with travel around 145 and 165mm.  The fork they have on it is a 150mm of travel.  You could go over a little bit but I personally think 35mm of travel over is too much.  If you go over, it is going to put more stress on the frame and in places it wasn't designed for.  Especially if your going to do downhill with it, more stress is going to be put on the bike, I wouldn't risk it.    If you really want a longer travel fork the most I would go would be a 180mm like the Marzocchi 66 line of forks, they have 180mm of travel and are good forks.  I'm going 10mm over on my bike right now and I would feel comfortable going another 5mm.  But not another 35mm, actually 38mm the boxxer is 203mm.  Hope this helps you out.