Fitted R6 shock, very easy to do

[Jays83]

Thank's for the advice, does that help because the wheelbase gets shorter or because there's more pressure on the front?

[PieEater]

Thank's for the advice, does that help because the wheelbase gets shorter or because there's more pressure on the front?

It puts more weight on the front which has the effect of quickening up the steering making the bike much more flickable and predictable through corners.

I found a 25mm ride height jack-up kit and dropping the yoke down the forks gave really good results. As an experiment I tried a 50mm jack-up kit with the yoke dropped but this put too much weight on the front and made the handling worse, so I now have the 50mm kit and the yoke at the stock position which works just as well as the 25mm rise and the yoke dropped. As dropping the bike down the forks is free and doesn't take a lot of effort to do or put back to stock it's definitely worth trying just to see how you get on, don't go too far though as you may hit the mud guard under sharp braking, 10 - 15mm should be fine and make a noticeable difference to handling.

[Grahamm]

does that help because the wheelbase gets shorter or because there's more pressure on the front?

It changes the rake and trail on the forks.

See https://www.cycleworld.com/2015/05/22/cy...and-trail/ for a full explanation.

[PieEater]

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does that help because the wheelbase gets shorter or because there's more pressure on the front?

It changes the rake and trail on the forks.

See https://www.cycleworld.com/2015/05/22/cy...and-trail/ for a full explanation.
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This is correct, and it also does affect wheelbase, learned something new today    This tutorial was also helpful - https://lifeatlean.com/teach-me-suspensi...-geometry/