06-05-14, 06:06 PM
If it's lowered, so is the centre of gravity...more of a challenge to get off the side-stand.
Do you stand on the nearside peg when you're mounting the bike or do you swing your leg over from ground height?
Personally I wouldn't lower the front & back more than 10mm but you may *just* get away with 15mm. The centre-stand will then become a boll1x to use, may as well take it off unless you carry a plank of wood about with you.
You could take some foam out of the seat and removing or trimming down the rubber bungs under the seat would take another few mm off the seat height. There are also alternative Vario footpegs on ebay that can lower their height up to 30mm so your knees wouldn't be bent as much, but of course they would touch down sooner through the corners. Bit of an eye-watering price too to be honest - Item # 200864803816
Finally, if desperate you could resort to lower profile tyres eg 120/60 front although you could then run then into other handling issues
Do you stand on the nearside peg when you're mounting the bike or do you swing your leg over from ground height?
Personally I wouldn't lower the front & back more than 10mm but you may *just* get away with 15mm. The centre-stand will then become a boll1x to use, may as well take it off unless you carry a plank of wood about with you.
You could take some foam out of the seat and removing or trimming down the rubber bungs under the seat would take another few mm off the seat height. There are also alternative Vario footpegs on ebay that can lower their height up to 30mm so your knees wouldn't be bent as much, but of course they would touch down sooner through the corners. Bit of an eye-watering price too to be honest - Item # 200864803816
Finally, if desperate you could resort to lower profile tyres eg 120/60 front although you could then run then into other handling issues