25-10-18, 10:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-10-18, 10:53 PM by tommyardin.)
(25-10-18, 10:29 PM)Grahamm link Wrote: Consider an extreme example of a "Chopper" style bike, with very long front forks at a much shallower angle than a regular bike.
It will have great straight line stability, but there's no way you can flick it through the twisties.
Raising the stanchions (or dropping the yokes, same thing, just a different point of view) will make the steering "quicker" but less stable as Fazerider points out.
You could, of course, also lower the back end by a similar amount which would effectively negate the effect, although you might end up having to cut down the stand too or needing to replace the rear sets because you'd be grounding the pegs sooner.
Surely that would put you back in exactly the same position as you were before you started, with no gain in quickening the steering, but the disadvantages of a lower bike causing other issues that you have pointed out. The only gain there would be if you were short in stature. :lol