lil charlie
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First I would like to thank everyone on here for the help I’ve gotten and knowledge I’ve obtained reading other peoples threads. I’m really starting to get to know my Busa!
I searched the site and found some of the info I’m looking for but I still have a few questions. So firsst I need to give you a little about my bike and my riding style. The bike is basically stock, a few small mods here and there but nothing major. I never take my bike to the track (nor do I ever plan on doing so) I don’t knee drag but I do hit it hard in the twisties. I’m 6’-2’’ and 240lbs, and sometimes I ride 2 up. The only reason I want to lower it is because I like the way it looks. For fear of messing up the design of my suspension I plan on lowering the front and back equally. I was originally thinking 1†but I have heard of people rubbing headers at that depth. Is 1’’ a lot for the front? Should I be thinking more like ¾â€™â€™ or will that still rub cuz anything less than 3/4'' and dont think I would even notice a difference in the way it looks? Is tightening up my rear shock going to be enough to keep the back from rubbing or do I need an aftermarket one? I have been looking at two different ways to do the front, with a new top clamp and with Soupys risers. I’m not sure I will like the look of Soupys spacers but the price is right. Can you guys post up some pics of what they look like installed (both the new clamp and the spacers) so I can pick which style will look the best? Thanks again for the free advice and letting me post up another tread about lowering.
Lil Charlie
I searched the site and found some of the info I’m looking for but I still have a few questions. So firsst I need to give you a little about my bike and my riding style. The bike is basically stock, a few small mods here and there but nothing major. I never take my bike to the track (nor do I ever plan on doing so) I don’t knee drag but I do hit it hard in the twisties. I’m 6’-2’’ and 240lbs, and sometimes I ride 2 up. The only reason I want to lower it is because I like the way it looks. For fear of messing up the design of my suspension I plan on lowering the front and back equally. I was originally thinking 1†but I have heard of people rubbing headers at that depth. Is 1’’ a lot for the front? Should I be thinking more like ¾â€™â€™ or will that still rub cuz anything less than 3/4'' and dont think I would even notice a difference in the way it looks? Is tightening up my rear shock going to be enough to keep the back from rubbing or do I need an aftermarket one? I have been looking at two different ways to do the front, with a new top clamp and with Soupys risers. I’m not sure I will like the look of Soupys spacers but the price is right. Can you guys post up some pics of what they look like installed (both the new clamp and the spacers) so I can pick which style will look the best? Thanks again for the free advice and letting me post up another tread about lowering.
Lil Charlie