I bought the lowered bike used, but now that it has been mine for a few months now, something doesn't seem correct with the suspension setup.

First, the kickstand has not been shortened, so the bike sits too upright for most parking situations.

The front end seems that it is riding too high. I have not tried to measure, but just have a gut feeling the job was half-*** done. Sometimes it feels like I am riding a rocking horse.

My height is 5'7", so the bike sitting lower feels fine, but I would like to hear from anyone who can provide input on how I go about sorting out the calibration (i.e "chassis attitude) for the bike's suspension.

I read a couple of other threads which pointed to this link on lowering bike correctly...

http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_0...ely/index.html


If pictures of the current settings and hardware would help, I can snag a couple tomorrow when it's light out.

Thanks in advance

 

I'd get rid of all that lowering stuff first and see if you can get used to it. Try messing around with some of the stock suspension settings and see where that gets ya.

 

Lowering a bike ruins any handling ability it once had, fit stock components and learn to ride it that way. My brother is a short **** and he manages just fine .

 

im about 5'6ish and i ride my stock bike just fine by only putting one foot on the ground at stops.Has never been a problem