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Ok, now you had me doing some research. I call Trek CS. They did their research and told me there were a few XM700 bikes that shipped out with the wrong Bosch motor cover. This is one of them. He assured me that my bike does have the proper performance motor. They are going to send the...

I can only tell you that is the motor that came on the bike bought in July of this year.

I picked the XM700+ yesterday with the new shock. I have not had a chance to put many miles on it, but so far I am impressed with the Rockshox. Thanks to the OP, John in Connecticut, for starting this thread and giving me the motivation to do this upgrade. I don't see any downside at all and...

I dropped my bike off at the shop today to have the Rock Shox Paragon installed. They said it should be ready in a few days. I will report back.

John- I just came back from my dealer and ordered the Rock Shox. He would love to be able to talk with your guy to pick his brain a bit and it should make things smoother. If you could PM me you shop's info, I will pass it on. Thanks for all your help with this.

Thanks for getting back to me and the info on the shock. I did some more research and it looks like the 65mm travel is the one you have in the Gold RL. That's the one I'll get also. I am hoping to do this myself and that is why i was asking if the headset needs to be changed. Maybe I'll talk...

I want to do this mod to my XM700+. I really do not like the mono shock for the same reasons you listed. Any particular specs to the shock that I need get. Do they make more than one model of this shock? Any other info you can give on the change over would be helpful. Thanks

OP here...Thanks for all the replies. I ended with a Race Face bar. It has a 25mm rise and 9 degree backsweep. It was originally 720 mm wide, but I have cut it back to 680 mm. So far so good. I have also adde Ergon grips and a Brooks saddle and saddlebag.

I guess the term "pullback" is mainly used for motorcycle handlebars. Bicycles use the term "backsweep". Yes, basically it is the angle slanting back or away from the front. A beach bar would have a greater backsweep than a straight bar.

I'm waiting for one handlebar that I have bought off ebay. It has a 27.5mm rise, 7 deg. pullback, and 720mm long. I hope it works.

Yes, all good advice. The stem is not the problem. My hands do not fit naturally to the stock bars. I have been to all my local shops looking for bars. Unfortunately, nothing that I like in stock so I will have to order something with less pull back. A handlebar is such a big part of the...

Thanks. That is an interesting bar.

The XM700 has a pretty dramatic pullback IMO. What kind of bars did you put on your bikes?

Hello- New to the forum and new to ebikes. I just picked up a new Trek XM700+ from my LBS. After much research here, I figured this was the one that ticked the most boxes for me. We are still in the getting acquainted phase. I already put a nice Brooks Flyer saddle on it. My next upgrade...