looking to lower your 1125 cr

[BuellDr]

Its true they said you could not lower a buell 1125 cr but with some creativity and hours of searching the internet i have officially lowered mine by 2 inches. I have a 30 inch inseem and it was very hard to manuever my bike and i lacked the confidence that one has when your able to flat foot the ground. i dont race my bike so im worried about the structural geometry of how the bike is set up. ill post some pics up tonight hopefully of before and after.

 

[BuellDr]

i meant to say im not worried about structural geometry... sorry .

 

[upthemaiden]

I was worried at first when I got my 9sl, but the lowered suspension hasn't caused me the slightest bit of trouble as far as ground clearance. I wouldn't mine the exhaust being a little higher just for general stuff, like how I can just pop the GS500 right on and off of the sidewalk to get it in my basement, instead of having to use the ramp like I do with the xb, but still.

Another option, would would only make your CR look even sweeter would be to put an scg tail on it with the low seat. [up]

 

[BuellDr]

ive wondered about shaving some foam out of the seat. ive heard and seen images of people doing this, but i dont want to ride a brick and not enjoy the ride anymore.the low seat is anoption.

 

[upthemaiden]

If you cut it right it should be ok, maybe put some harder foam in it. The scg seat is hard as a brick, but is considerably more comfortable than any other seat I've ever ridden. I also have one of the tall cityx seats which is very soft, and it's no where near as comfortable. It's all about the shape of it.

 

[03Firebolt9R]

Do you have any pics yet? I am curious to see how it looks.

 

[BuellDr]

i do im on a break from school i will post some tonight when i get out of class.