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Increasing the travel of the fork can be risky. It can affect the handling and it will raise the frame which may cause clearance issues. So you need to know exactly what the travel of your old fork is. If it was 80, moving to 100mm travel may be alright, but if it's less travel, like 60mm, no way.
It's hard to say how the change will affect the bike when you make a change. I upgraded an old 2001, Hardrock to 100mm and it worked out pretty well, but it did raise the frame. When I changed an old 88 Nishiki Ariel to a sus fork, it didn't work out.
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