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Lowering the FJR
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<blockquote data-quote="chrisflock" data-source="post: 638020" data-attributes="member: 14107"><p>You could do the kouba links alone, but why? Lowering the front is easy, in fact easier than lowering the rear.</p><p></p><p>I put the kouba links on my bike, and lowered the front to match. It was quite easy, the only real hangup is that if you have the bike on the centerstand, the stand is in the way of pulling out one of the bolts that holds the links on. Not a big deal, but I can see it being annoying if you put the bike on the stand, took the one bolt off, then discovered you couldn't get the other one out...So plan on jacking the bike up.</p><p></p><p>If you do the links alone, it will affect the handling of the bike, you're going to be effectively increasing the rake angle and trail. but not by much. I think the more significant fact is that you aren't going to get the full amount of the lowering by doing this, since the front of the bike is going to be at the same height, the seat will be only be lowered by, say, half of the amount the rear is lowered. If that's all the lowering you need, you could probably achieve it by screwing around with the seat or something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisflock, post: 638020, member: 14107"] You could do the kouba links alone, but why? Lowering the front is easy, in fact easier than lowering the rear. I put the kouba links on my bike, and lowered the front to match. It was quite easy, the only real hangup is that if you have the bike on the centerstand, the stand is in the way of pulling out one of the bolts that holds the links on. Not a big deal, but I can see it being annoying if you put the bike on the stand, took the one bolt off, then discovered you couldn't get the other one out...So plan on jacking the bike up. If you do the links alone, it will affect the handling of the bike, you're going to be effectively increasing the rake angle and trail. but not by much. I think the more significant fact is that you aren't going to get the full amount of the lowering by doing this, since the front of the bike is going to be at the same height, the seat will be only be lowered by, say, half of the amount the rear is lowered. If that's all the lowering you need, you could probably achieve it by screwing around with the seat or something. [/QUOTE]
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