I bought some tires different brand front and back. Now the front is half an inch taller. I need to lower the front a little. I unbolted the upper and lower tree clamps and tried to slide it like my Harley but this thing won’t even budge. I add some pb oil on the clamps to make it slide but it won’t. Is there a trick?
How to lower the front end ? Help
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Barrett
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^^^^^^^^^^^twisting and turning the fork in the triple clamp also eases moving it vertically. Tightening specs and sequence below for installation. Use BLUE loctite....not RED.
2008-2010 factory recommended specs:
upper: 23-25 ft-lb
lower: 20-22 ft-lb
2003-2007 factory recommended specs:
upper fork clamp fasteners
tighten to 17-19 ft-lbs
lower fork clamp fasteners
tighten to 13-15 ft-lbs
ALL MODELS REPEAT THE TORQUE FASTENING SEQUENCE ONE TIME AFTER INITIAL TIGHTENING.
2008-2010 factory recommended specs:
upper: 23-25 ft-lb
lower: 20-22 ft-lb
2003-2007 factory recommended specs:
upper fork clamp fasteners
tighten to 17-19 ft-lbs
lower fork clamp fasteners
tighten to 13-15 ft-lbs
ALL MODELS REPEAT THE TORQUE FASTENING SEQUENCE ONE TIME AFTER INITIAL TIGHTENING.
Perfect ��. Those additional info helped . Now I just have to mess with the settings. Just drove it and got a weird dive when braking. I probably need to increase preload. I have it at setting 11 starting from minimum. Any advice?
Cooter
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To raise the front of the bike 1/2" it would take a tire that was ONE full inch different circumference.
There is NO 'different brand' of 120/70-17 tire that will have a circumference difference of one inch?
Even though that change would be OK on a Harley or other cruiser... if you raise the forks in the triples to lower the front of bike that much (1/2"), you are drastically increasing the rake and shortening the trail numbers of an already hyper-aggressive chassis to an even more extreme number.
That huge change will make it dive dramatically worse, and be terribly 'twitchy' at speed and in corners.
Got pics of the tires?
There is NO 'different brand' of 120/70-17 tire that will have a circumference difference of one inch?
Even though that change would be OK on a Harley or other cruiser... if you raise the forks in the triples to lower the front of bike that much (1/2"), you are drastically increasing the rake and shortening the trail numbers of an already hyper-aggressive chassis to an even more extreme number.
That huge change will make it dive dramatically worse, and be terribly 'twitchy' at speed and in corners.
Got pics of the tires?
Cooter
Well-known member
Thanks for posting for others:eagerness: It's crazy uncomfortable right?
and I'm still curious about the huge difference in tire size/brand?
and I'm still curious about the huge difference in tire size/brand?
