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RE: new 04 cbr 600rr height is too high.... help - 12/26/2006 3:48:32 PM

FATHEADS1KRR

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ORIGINAL: Fretless33

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ORIGINAL: NotSoMellowYellow

FRETLESS33,

The tape on your lights is it like perforated so that it stays on always or is that tape that you remove, I cant tell from your picture.

The lights are unplugged and it's yellow duct tape from Home Depot...

I've never written any one is stupid for lowering their bike and the oil on the tire story is not BS, but if it makes you feel better...ok...it is and for the record FATHEAD 1" is a bad idea...3" is dangerous...

Ok Fret !! Not sure what I was thinking arguing w/you !! You know best.... sorry. Won't happen again !!

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RE: new 04 cbr 600rr height is too high.... help - 12/29/2006 11:28:49 AM

psd112

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I just thought I would throw my 2 cents in here. I've been riding for about 3 months now. I am 5'5" without shoes, lets say 5'6" with shoes. I have a Yamaha that has been lowered 1.5 inches which I bought when I first started riding. Since I got it I have put over 2500 miles on her, combined street / highway / commuting / messing around miles. I got it lowered about a week after purchasing the bike.

Yes, even though I only rode the bike a week before lowering it, the handling of the bike changed enough for me to notice. Turn-ins are slower, and any working through some twisties takes MUCH more effort, really you gotta dig in with your arms and turn or end up crossing the double yellows and kissing a windshield from an oncoming car. Will I ever take the Yamaha to a track? Probably not. Is the difference in handling different? Absolutely. Is it unbearable? No, it is not. Does it make the bike harder to toss? Yes.

Not insanely bad handling, you have to get used to it.

Fast foward 3 months to current day.. I my buddy is keeping his 06 CBR600RR at my house ( thats why I came on the boards, LOL). His bike is totally stock save a Yoshi pipe. The seat is FRIGGIN high compared to my lowered Yamaha. I thought I would be scared to take it out... but honestly, with the experience I have gained in the past three months, my confidence level is soooooo much higher than it was when I first started riding, its not an issue. I love it, handles so much easier, and I am confident enough in my own riding abilities that I dont mind leaning on the left foot at stops. Also my clutch control has developed enough to where I have muuuuuuch better low speed clutch feathering... so sometimes I can survive without even putting my foot down.

I guess my point is, initially when I first started riding, I was scared shi*less about not being able to get both feet down.. but after some stalls, near lowsides, dodging SUV's in Orange County, riding in some twisties, lane splitting here and there... basically RIDING.. my confidence level ( I think) has come up to where I don't think I need to have a lowered bike anymore.

Just my opinion.

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