hey guys i just bought a 600rr in white about a week ago. and i wanted to see how i go about lowering it. the dealer said that i should just do it myself because its rather easy, but i'm not sure if there is a how to somewhere on here. i'm buying the vortex lowering links that can lower 2 or 3 inches in the back. should i also lower the front? i'm just having trouble backing out of parkin spaces because i have to tippy toe my way back and if i'm on a slant its even worse. does anyone know how i can lower it with the vortex kit? let me know thanks!

 

just helped my cousin do this on his gixxer600. very easy but i suggest at least one or two buddies for help.

take off the fairings. the links are in the back under the swingarm. u need a hydraulic jack and maybe one stand.

jack the bike up just enough so the back wheel is not touching the ground. unbolt the links. two bolts on each side, upper and lower.

bolt the new links starting at the top bolt. lower the jack very slowly so the new holes match up on the bottom. slide the bolt in the new holes and make sure there is no play side to side with the new links.

the gixxer had three holes in the bottom of the lowering links. we used the bottom one, which lowered it about 3 inches or so in the rear.

u will probably want to lower the front as well.

the front forks have two bolts above the front wheel and behind the headlights. loosen these. there is a bolt securing the handle bars on each fork. loosen these on each side and slide the bars down to the desired height. we did about 1.5 inches.

measure the height on each side to be sure both are equal. then, tighten the bolts. there is a bolt on each side of the tower. loosen these and slide the fork down to the bars, making sure that the bars go back into the towers in the holes underneath.

measure the distance from the tower to the top of the forks to be sure that they are equal on each side again. if all is good, tighten all bolts.

bolt up the fairings and take it for a test spin.


Hope this is helpful. If u need any further help post or private message(pm) me.

 

What on God's green earth gave you the idea that lowering a meticulously tuned, high-end sport bike is a good idea?

 

gonna have to agree
i realize that there are short people out there but still, when you lower a bike you mess with the handing real bad.
at least have a suspension tech work on it to make sure that it is at least the same heighth ratio as the oem settings are

 

I just had mine lowered. But then agian I just had mine extended 6 inches and if you don't do that it sits way to high up. I know of one girl around here that her 600 lowered 5 times so far and is going to get it lowerd another time cause she still only touches the ground with her tippy toes.

 

My philosophy..........if you're too short for the bike, you're too short for it. If you are lowering it because one of your riding buddies from Starbucks suggested it, get some new riding buddies.

This isn't like a car where it has the possibility of improving handling..........lowering a bike has massively negative effects on the handling. These things were BUILT for handling and cornering.............why do you think Honda doesn't make lowering links themselves? Honda knows that it's utterly retarded for them to spend millions on research and development into the handling of their motorcycles, and then have Joe Blow throw it all out the window the second he decides he wants it lower.

Do some MASSIVE research into it before you EVER touch the suspension, or you'll get yourself hurt or killed. And I mean that.

 

especially those links that only give you a few holes and limited choices.
if you must do it, get one of those that act on a screw so you will have enough adjustment to put the bikes front and back back to normal ratio
still its not going to corner as well.

you are much better off finding a smaller bike

 

^^ Kind of a funny story........and fits this thread well. I went down to make arrangements to have my bike towed to the dealer for the insurance estimate. As I was talking to the shop making my arrangements, a couple guys were pushing in a lowered and stretched Kawasaki 636, coated with oil and rashed on the left side. I asked one of the shop guys what happened. He said the dude supposedly rode over one of those speed-humps they have in neighborhoods and practically ripped off the oil pan right off the engine.

I chuckled a bit, and asked if he was serious........and then saw the dude that I guess was the owner..........then I laughed hard (but quietly though). A buff macho tough-guy. Had a motorcycle jacket that looked like he ripped off arms off of, bandana around the head, cargo shorts and sandals..........COVERED in oil. I wonder what was damaged more, the bike or his ego.

 

Yeah getting used to turning after the extention and lowering it took some getting used to. But I will say how much better it rides on the straight runs. In Florida it is almost all straight roads. Like tonight On my way home at 2am when the clubs closed(and no I don't drink before someone says something) It was a straight shot down A1A it was just great. And no I did not get it lowered so far that I would hit a speed but like that guy you talked about blue.

 

^^ Most people aren't as retarded as this guy looked though. He honestly, he must have had to lower the rear as far as it would possibly go, and there was SO much of the fork sticking out the top of the triple tree it was unbelievable. It looked as if the exhaust underneath the bike (since the lower fairings were practically gone) was 2-3 inches from the floor. He just lowered it to the bowels of extreme.

From the pics I've seen of your bike, it doesn't look like you lowered yours that much anyway. (so your safe from the flame in this thread, but tread carefully in your other one. I'm on to you.)