so i just bought my 954 and the guy before me said he lowered the bike....

when i sit on i can feel that its lowered, im not sure how much, but i would just like to raise it about a half an inch, my feet touch the ground very easily, i just feel like i would be a little more comfortable riding if the back end was up about a half inch or so... anyone know how to adjust the rear height??? is it expensive or time consuming??

thanks.

-Tim

 

Depends on how he lowered the rear end. If he used lowering links then you will have to replace the aftermarket links with stock links. He could have just softened the rear shock which made the rear end compress, if he did then you can just tighten the rear shock. Pictures would be very very helpful.....preferably pictures of the shock and links. If you can get pictures then I can point you in the right direction. Is the front lowered as well or are you not sure? if you are not sure take a picture of the upper triple tree area.

 

here are the pics, hope they help

 

would you could you take a pick off the area under the yellow shock, like right where the kickstand bolts up?

the front doesnt appear to have been lowered

the bike looks awsome though

 

To lower the rear that much, you have to change the dog bone linkage, or something with the linkage on your rear suspension. And those may have one setting or may have two or three settings to set how low you want it. You'll have to take pics of your shock linkage to show us and see what you have. Front forks are easy. Just loosen pinch bolts and raise the bike. Make sure you have it supported before you loosen pinch bolts or the bike will drop! lol

 

Like stated above if the bike is lowered then its from lowering links in the rear. The front looks stock to me, lowered bikes look good but only if the front is lowered to. I have to see a bike that has just the rear lowered, looks like crap TO ME. But like Nibb said we need a pic of the lower area. If you cant figure out what exactly were talkin bout look under the shock but above where the two side fairings come togather. They look like two triangles with bolts threw all three sides i believe.

 

alright took some pics of the lower part, let me know if this helps...

 

****, the pics are upside down... u get the point though.. thanks guys

 

i can't tell for sure but it looks like a stock dog bone, and they offer no adjustments so im guessing if your bike was lowered it was done via the shock adjustment.

and your kickstand does'nt apear to be cut and rewelded or heated and bent so im guessing once again it was done with the shock but not to the point to where the kickstand needed to be altered so the bike would'nt stand straight up.

 

It is aftermarket dogbones. You can tell because of the other holes in it for different settings, you need a stock dogbone to raise it.