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Originally Posted by
pgod1960
One question if I may, just to clarify really, but can you fit the lowering links without altering the forks and if you do does this not change the geometry/rake/trail as the rear is lowered by (I think) 2". In effect this will alter the angle the bike sits at, won't it?
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Yes it will, and will handle horribly, I would have thought. Dropping the forks in the yokes is very easy and lots of people do it. It's the standard way of quickening the steering on a sports bike. I would suggest you measure very carefully before and after fitting the lowering kit, so that you know exactly how much you have dropped it, and then replicate that at the front. Usually an inch or so is fine. More than that and you need to check that bits of the wheel assembly don't contact the frame on full bump.
One tip from experience: if you loosen the clamps to move the fork legs up a bit, do it one side at a time. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to raise a whole bike up by six inches when they both drop together.