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Dropping forks. - Kenbob - 27-06-18
hi all.
Sorry if this has been done before but if not here’s a question for those who have done it.
When dropping the front forks do I need to loosen the top yoke bolts only or both top and bottom yoke bolts.
Many thanks.
Re: Dropping forks. - kebab19 - 27-06-18
You need to loosen both, but first you'll need some way to support the front of the bike up off the ground. If you don't have a front paddock stand that goes underneath the bottom yoke, you can get away with a trolley jack & plank of thick wood under the header pipes.
Re: Dropping forks. - PieEater - 27-06-18
(27-06-18, 05:37 PM)kebab19 link Wrote: You need to loosen both, but first you'll need some way to support the front of the bike up off the ground. If you don't have a front paddock stand that goes underneath the bottom yoke, you can get away with a trolley jack & plank of thick wood under the header pipes.:agree I used my car jack to support the weight of the front of the bike, loosened the bolts then lowered the bike down the forks to where I wanted it using the jack. Highly recommend this free mod to anyone as it will noticeably improve the bikes handling, as will a 25mm Jack-up kit if you're not too short of leg.
Re: Dropping forks. - NorthWestern - 27-06-18
Just do one side at a time while on the center stand, a simple twist of the leg is all that's needed to smoothly move it to the desired height above the yoke.
Re: Dropping forks. - Kenbob - 28-06-18
Thanks for the replies, I won’t be doing the rear jack up as I am on the shorter side, looking to have the seat reprofiled too.
Re: Dropping forks. - ram - 28-06-18
(28-06-18, 08:00 AM)Kenbob link Wrote: Thanks for the replies, I won’t be doing the rear jack up as I am on the shorter side, looking to have the seat reprofiled too.im the samei dropped the forks and changed the dogbones to lower the rear so i can keep the same seat