First bike, needs to be lowered...
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First bike, needs to be lowered...
so i just picked up a 06 honda cbr600rr for my first bike, now the only problem is i am a bit of height challenged. when i'm sitting on the bike only my tip toes touch the ground. just wondering what lowering kit or design i should pick up? and what to do for the front forks? thanks for the help.
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its my first bike, haven't really even fully rode it yet. but when i was moving it around i almost dropped her. iv ridden before but lowered and stretched bikes. id like to lower the rear a couple inches and the front, im not sure what kind of link or how low to go, and for the front forks i have no idea...
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I didn't do it. Fortunately that's my sportbike shop told me when I was lowering mine. I was crying and begging them to make my bike lower more because this was my first bike and I didn't know nothing about anything. It is lowered somewhere in between 2~3 inches. You can shave the seat on gixxer but not cbr600rr.
Being tip toe makes you more aware of condition of street. Plus you can always stop on one leg. We've been having strong wind like gusts of 35+ here, and if 4'11" me can handle being tip toe, almost all guys should be able to handle.
When you riding, it doesn't matter anyway. If you are guy and want to ride like most guys are, you should worry about the ground clearance on your bike if you do lower it.
I have not drop my bike when I come to stop. And because I don't really want to stop, I am good at balancing in low speed and stopping with my feet up to certain extent. But either way, I always make sure I will stop at the side of the lane where my feet will not be in the hole.
My advise still remains as "Try it for a while and see if you really want to lower it"
Being tip toe makes you more aware of condition of street. Plus you can always stop on one leg. We've been having strong wind like gusts of 35+ here, and if 4'11" me can handle being tip toe, almost all guys should be able to handle.
When you riding, it doesn't matter anyway. If you are guy and want to ride like most guys are, you should worry about the ground clearance on your bike if you do lower it.
I have not drop my bike when I come to stop. And because I don't really want to stop, I am good at balancing in low speed and stopping with my feet up to certain extent. But either way, I always make sure I will stop at the side of the lane where my feet will not be in the hole.
My advise still remains as "Try it for a while and see if you really want to lower it"