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posted February 24, 2009 02:05 PM
need help lowering my bike.....
I am goin to lower my bike about 2" should I slide my front shock or strap them? or should I just lower the back? On shop told me that it will screw with my stearing? need help what should I do?
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Compton
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posted February 24, 2009 02:11 PM
get your forks cut,
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Shane661
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posted February 24, 2009 02:13 PM
Compton, what is the advantage to getting them cut vs. internal lowering blocks?
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BobC
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posted February 24, 2009 02:20 PM
You can't slide the forks through the triple clamps that much, the front fender will hit the underside of the fairing when the suspension bottoms out.
Either have the fork internals modified or use a combination of lowering through the clamps and strapping. You will need to lower the rear too or the steering will be affected
Don't forget the sump plug will be more likely to impact the ground with it lowered, especially for street use or if you come down hard after a wheelie.
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pazx14rider
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posted February 24, 2009 02:24 PM
Ive always been told what you do to the back you need to do to the front to compensate. And i wouldnt ride on the street with a strap, thats just askin for problems.
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BobC
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posted February 24, 2009 02:32 PM
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Ive always been told what you do to the back you need to do to the front to compensate. And i wouldnt ride on the street with a strap, thats just askin for problems.
I agree. I lowered my forks through the clamps by just 1 cm and run everything else normal on the street. At the track I strap the front some more and lower the rear by 3 inches.
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dubious
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posted February 24, 2009 03:07 PM
 Edited By: dubious on 25 Feb 2009 00:16
The most I managed to lower the forks was 1", I also lowered the rear by1".
The frt is limited by the fender clearance. Some have found lowering them more than that makes the oil pan susceptible too..
You can lower the rear more, and reduce wheelies much more in doing so, but the bike will not handle as nice unless each end is lowered equally , allowing the geometry and steering characteristics the engineers chose.
I think the little oriental men in white lab coats are more intelligent than I for the most part.
I stuck with their geometry.
FWIW... I tried -3 rear, -1 in front and it handled like a chopper.
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Bawls
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posted February 24, 2009 04:57 PM
i'm on the 2nd hole on my muzzy links, and minus 1" in the front. i've hit my drain plug a couple of times as can be told by the fact that it's ground way down lol. that was when i wasn't used to it being lowered though. my bike still handles good enough to hit the canyons at a brisk pace. i just have to be careful not to grind my fairings off.
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CUSTOM ZX-14
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posted February 24, 2009 07:01 PM
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i'm on the 2nd hole on my muzzy links, and minus 1" in the front. i've hit my drain plug a couple of times as can be told by the fact that it's ground way down lol. that was when i wasn't used to it being lowered though. my bike still handles good enough to hit the canyons at a brisk pace. i just have to be careful not to grind my fairings off.
I also have the muzzys so what is the 2nd hole 1.5 or 2?
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Bawls
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posted February 24, 2009 07:16 PM
I believe it's about 1.5"
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Compton
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posted February 24, 2009 07:24 PM
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Compton, what is the advantage to getting them cut vs. internal lowering blocks?
internally, basically the same. just takes the guess work out of how much to lower. Some even mill down the tube itself so its shorter.
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