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ORIGINAL: bignibb

well I actually purchased mine off e-bay from PPM and it was excelent quality and had a great finish.

the only thing that I can use to best explain the characteristics of a lowered bike is that its like imagine a guy on a bicycle that is regular size but 10 feet in the air and now imagine a guy on a regular bicycle, now imagine them both riding a blind S turn!

the idea I hope you get is the guy on the raised bike has to lean over further to make the same turn and has to maintain a certain speed to keep the bike from going over and that speed is more than the guy on the stock bike because his bike takes less time to return to an up right position.

if any of this makes sense them I doing good.

the other thing is a lowered bike gives a lower center of gravity plus more confidence for the rider, which increases in rider performance

and yes I lowered the front with just the forks being slid up, I also adjust the rebound and dampening to make it ride like it did before the shorter dampening and rebound.

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ORIGINAL: bignibb

well I guess this therory will be better, most rider can't ride like Nicky Hayden, and even with a lowered bike the tires will reach their lean limit and cause the bike to slide on its side before the lowering of the bike actually comes into play.

the benefit to the lowered bike in this therory is that with the bike being lowered, your knee will touch sooner thus stoping you from over leaning and causing the catastrophic aftermath we love to see in AMA racing.

now if your tires will ride on there side walls then you can throw out my therory but the bottom line is that the lowering of a motorcycle won't affect the adverage rider and I think the real issue here is the fact that the nay sayers here refuse to accept the fact that no matter how good they are, they are still just ADVERAGE!!!!!

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ORIGINAL: PlayfulGod

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ORIGINAL: bignibb

well I guess this therory will be better, most rider can't ride like Nicky Hayden, and even with a lowered bike the tires will reach their lean limit and cause the bike to slide on its side before the lowering of the bike actually comes into play.

the benefit to the lowered bike in this therory is that with the bike being lowered, your knee will touch sooner thus stoping you from over leaning and causing the catastrophic aftermath we love to see in AMA racing.

now if your tires will ride on there side walls then you can throw out my therory but the bottom line is that the lowering of a motorcycle won't affect the adverage rider and I think the real issue here is the fact that the nay sayers here refuse to accept the fact that no matter how good they are, they are still just ADVERAGE!!!!!

No I am sub average, but the fact still remains lowering a bike reduces its handling performance. Facts are facts, not just nay saying. How the rider rides would determine if they will actually notice the loss tho is agreed tho. But you dont have to be Nicky Hayden to notice it or to know it.

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ORIGINAL: bignibb

I'm at the point where I am will to drop it!

every bike I have owned has been lowered except for the 87vfr and the 88fzr other than that they all have been adversly changed and handling really sucked, so much that I kept doing it to every other bike I bought!

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ORIGINAL: bignibb

Blue Ridge Park Way, Shenandoah< and basically any curvy road i can find.

im not really sure what a bike night is, because i ride for my enjoyment and not to sit around and talk about the last time i road my bike.

i do ride in straight lines! curvy ones, zig zags, and in circles(maybe those circles might be around you LOL)

now KidCr3nshaw not every lowered bike handles the same and how you road that R6 may not be how it behaves when im on it.

My 929 is set up so that the drop is progressive from the fron to the back.  The front has more of a downward slope thus making it a lil harder to whillie but easier to get out of the hole. 

now everyone with a stock bike and the muscles to do so go lean your bike on its side until it touches the foot peg. now check the contact patch of the tire.  now stand you bike back up.  get all your gear on and take it for a ride and have a friend take a picture of you leaning that far over without crashing.

"Never ridden a stretched bike.  I'm like D.O.T. man, I've got standards."  but doesnt make them high though lol


which part of my exhaust should i worry about scraping?  there is a rear foot peg back there.

im telling you you will lose tire traction before the lean angle would come into play.

but anyways beleive what you will and ill ride like i ride.

the difference between us is i can ride my bike with it being lowered as if it was made that way and i can ride yours too!