Hi Frank

I also ride a '98 yellow Y-11 myself & still have the original UK
Trek range brochure so hopefully can help you on some of your
queries. The original forks were RS Judy XC with 80mm travel in
black with yellow stickers. From memory I don't remember mine having
disc brake fittings, however looking at the pictures in the brochure
the '98 Y-22 did have them, so I wouldn't rule it out for different
markets around the globe. I've replaced mine with RS Duke Race 100mm
which are OK & the extra travel definitely helps over some of the
larger bumps.

Your rear shock is definitely original & whilst they were OK back
in '98, it could probably do with a decent replacement now as you
suggest. I changed mine to a Manitou SPV Air 4 Way 165mm which I
think is 5mm longer than the Vanilla. As long as you spend some time
setting it up correctly then the Stable Platform Valve helps
eliminate most of the 'bob'. If you want to go down this route you
require 16mm & 22mm bushes for it to fit correctly. Regarding your
question about a rear shock with more travel, obviously you risk
altering the whole geometry of the bike so I'm not sure about this.
Perhaps somebody else can help on that one.

Happy Riding!

Glen
--- In trekybikes@yahoogroups.com, "fjyang69" <fjyang69@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Just got a yellow 1998 Y-11 off ebay the other day and finaly have
a
> chance to play with it. I always have a soft spot for Y-bikes as
it
> was one of the bikes I lusted over in grad school but never can
> afford it until now and ebay. I got it for $430 (a good price?)
and
> the shop I bought it from waive the shipping after it took them a
> month to figure out how to package this thing and ship it to me.
> When I received it it was cake in dirt and took me a while to wipe
> it down and clean it up. The previouse owner ride the thing pretty
> hard & good. I got a feeling it will be a labor of love for me
and
> my wallet :)
>
> The front shock is Rock Shox Judy XC long travel. Black with
Yellow
> stickers It seem stock (original shock that come with the bike) to
> me but I see that it has disk brake tabe already built in to the
> fork legs. Do they have disk brake tabs on Rock Shox back in
98' ?
> Is there a way to determine what year and spec. of my shock?
>
> Second question, If the inner upper tube is 3" long then its a 3"
> travel so 4" is 4" travel? shock or there are different variables?
> Mine is 4"
>
> Third, The rear shock is Fox air Vanilla seem original to me and
it
> only have 2" to travel. If I upgrade the rear shock to have 3" or
> more travel to match the front shock does that cause any issues?
> beside the bike might sit a little higher.
>
> Hope you guy's can help me out thanks.
>
> Frank
>