| Author | Message | ||
     Jraice |
Anybody done this? How much? I am going to be riding a very technical track and want to give it a shot, however I do have handlebars so I don't want it to be too quick to steer. I was thinking somewhere in the ballpark of having the forks 7mm higher in the triples. Anybody have experience with this on an XB12Ss or even one of its shorter wheelbase siblings? | ||
| Froggy |
Swap out forks and the shock with an 06-08 SS, then you will be golden. | ||
| Jraice |
Bit more difficult to make that happen than dropping front a bit, not to mention I have custom valved and sprung suspension. What's different about the older forks? | ||
| Froggy |
The older bikes are lower, they are the same height as the Firebolt and standard Lightning. In fact the forks are the same as the Firebolt and Lightning, but the rear shock was different due to the longer swingarm. For 2009 The SS got the suspension from the 07/08 XB12STT. | ||
| Jraice |
I don't need a lower ride, just was thinking off dropping the forks 5-10mm to sharpen steering and hold a tighter line. | ||
| Slaughter |
OK - old question - are you talking DROPPING THE FORKS (which raises the front)... or are you talking DROPPING THE FRONT? Dropping the front will make a twitchy steering even twitchier. You might consider seeing how it feels. I'd often RAISE the front and increase compression damping BECAUSE the front compresses so much under hard braking and that in turn makes the beast really twitchy. I ended up RAISING the front as far as it'd go on the triples and on tighter tracks with more braking, I'd slightly increase compression damping. |
