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Has anyone lowered their FJR?
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<blockquote data-quote="biggjohn" data-source="post: 939995" data-attributes="member: 9549"><p>My wife and I have a pair of 07's. Initially she was not able to straddle the bike and stand flat footed. We first replaced the seat with one from Corbin which helped a little. The next change was to put on the Kouba links, which got her to the place where she could stand flat footed. The next thing that I was considering was lowering the front forks a bit, but it was never needed.</p><p></p><p>She says that she has not noticed any difference in the handling (YMMV). The thing that she has noticed is that she needs to be somewhat careful going over speed bumps, as it is easier to bottom out. I have found that it is very difficult to get onto the center stand. The trick that I use when by myself, is to back up onto a piece of 2X6, then it goes onto the center stand easily. On the road it takes two of us to get it up on the stand.</p><p></p><p>I had to grind the kickstand stop a bit so that it leaned a little more, although it still sits too upright and some times parking on a sloped surface leaves the bike sitting like it will tip over.</p><p></p><p>I call her bike the low rider, it feels completely different than mine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biggjohn, post: 939995, member: 9549"] My wife and I have a pair of 07's. Initially she was not able to straddle the bike and stand flat footed. We first replaced the seat with one from Corbin which helped a little. The next change was to put on the Kouba links, which got her to the place where she could stand flat footed. The next thing that I was considering was lowering the front forks a bit, but it was never needed. She says that she has not noticed any difference in the handling (YMMV). The thing that she has noticed is that she needs to be somewhat careful going over speed bumps, as it is easier to bottom out. I have found that it is very difficult to get onto the center stand. The trick that I use when by myself, is to back up onto a piece of 2X6, then it goes onto the center stand easily. On the road it takes two of us to get it up on the stand. I had to grind the kickstand stop a bit so that it leaned a little more, although it still sits too upright and some times parking on a sloped surface leaves the bike sitting like it will tip over. I call her bike the low rider, it feels completely different than mine. [/QUOTE]
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