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Originally Posted by Luddite
and I've seen at least one example where the forks were too far through the yokes, which would slow down the steering.
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Depends which way through... Dropping the yokes, or bringing the fork legs up through the yokes, would make the steering feel 'quicker', though ultimately less stable and possibly prone to tank slappers. Typically, people should only drop the yokes for the purposes of lowering the bike, in which case an appropriate adjustment should be made on the rear suspension too.
People shouldn't really muck about with geometry if they don't understand it. Bike manufacturers spend time on this stuff to get the best setup for the type of bike, and it's the reason that (generally speaking) yokes are not adjustable on production bikes.
Race teams put adjustable yokes etc. on their bikes to enable fine tuning of rake angles etc. but you'd like to think they know what they're doing...
To the OP - I would suggest you get your geo checked by a reputable suspension specialist!