Calling ST owners - help please! 
  I need a volunteer to go to the garage/living room/bedroom/dungeon/wherever the bike is kept... with a tape measure.
 
 I'm after finding out the length of the back suspension tie-rod thing.  Not the rose joints, just the rod itself.  I have a cunning plan!
 
 Info would be most appreciated, brownie point for first correct answer!
 
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