Hi
I am considering lowering my FZ1 so my feet are flat on the ground and not on tip toes as they are now.
Can anyone recommend the best way or kit to do this and is it an easy job to do.
Also do you know if you have to shorten the side stand and if it significantly changes the handling of the bike.
Thanks
Normal way to do it is changing the linkage so it lowers the rear of the bike - problem is with that it can make the bike much slower steering, and as you've got less weight on the front you'll be less confident.
Some bikes you can then lower the forks as well through the yokes to regain the handling as best as possible, issue with that is you lose ground clearance, and the FZ1 already barely has any!
Final option for some bikes is to have the seat reshaped, but again that would cause issues on the FZ1 as there's not exactly a lot of it as it is, and it's not particularly wide so doesn't make your legs stick out.
To be honest, if you wanting a decently handling bike you're probably best off leaving it and trying to get used to it - at the end of the day you don't actually need to be able to flat foot a bike, it's a confidence thing. Only bike I've ever owned I could flat foot was my first hornet 600, since then i've been at best on the balls of my feet (and i'm only 5 foot 10). The ninja 900 I had before my FZS 1000 I lifted up at the rear so much that I could only just about get one foot down - just be careful when you stop though and you'll be fine!