Lowering the 500

[Nickels]

It has plastic shit over the front, so i dont think ima be able to lower the front very easily/free. Now if i lower the back an inch, will it sit weird without lowering the front?

[95gsx]

it will handle weird. usually you want to drop both the same amount.

[jaceface]

can you touch the ground on it?

[Nickels]

Yea, but i wanna be able to get a little more of feet to contact the ground.. I tried doing a burnout on it once, and i didnt feel very comfortable not being able to touch very well. I have the tire plan.. i wanna take advantage of it.

[turbo_jb]

my rear is lowered 2 inches and i didnt touch my front. I love it

[Trick]

just slide the forks up

[Nickels]

Are you talking up by the triple tree? Yea, there is a piece of plastic over it all. I cant slide the forks up without taking some of that plastic off/modifying it. I wanna try to keep it nice/stock (i can put the stock links back in) for when i sell/trade it next year.

[Mr. Jeff]

it will handle weird. usually you want to drop both the same amount.
you dont know that, every bike is diffrent. i hate it when people say that, it really doesnt do shit. i go harder and faster into corners then most people on here and my shit is layed out.

[jaceface]

awesome jeff, you out engineered the engineers at suzuki. maybe you should apply for a job. OR not talk when you dont know what youre talking about. take a stock bike with a pro rider have him do some laps around the track and see what best is. then takes his bike, slam it to the ground and repeat. ill put money on it that his fastest comes from the stock bike

[Mr. Jeff]

for street riding, its not gunna make a diffrence. i just lowered mosers 07 gsxr6, it rides the same as when it was stock.

[95gsx]

it will handle weird. usually you want to drop both the same amount.
you dont know that, every bike is diffrent. i hate it when people say that, it really doesnt do shit. i go harder and faster into corners then most people on here and my shit is layed out.


ok jeff yes you know better even tho i had a lowered bike. that was a kawi, and it handled like shit. thanks for informing me tho.

[Nickels]

Bikes perform their best at stock height. Everyone knows this already, but its a 500. What the hell am i gonna do with it other than ride it point a to point b? Take the clovers at 110? haha

[Mr. Jeff]

nick the only diffrence your going to have is that your going to be able to touch the ground

[Nickels]

I wasnt worried about the handling. With how i ride the bike.. yea, you're right. The only difference is i will have more foot to ground contact.