[KatanaBrett]

Nice... I did mine too. I love it

[Enjay386]

4 inches??? Yikes! Quite the drop. I lowered mine about 1.5 when I had it and my CBR only 3 inches. Careful with the pegs on those turns!

[Sky]

damn ... are y'all midget


sorry no offence intended .... but y'all need to be like what 5' tall ?

[ep87]

Nice... I did mine too. I love it

Wow that looks cool too.
I thought mine sat low, but yours is way low.
I like the pipe.
Richard

[~Btech~]

i need to lower mine too but just a bit. im thinking like 1.5 inches. im just a short guy, 5'6". i reach just a little more than my toes. front end was already lowered by about an inch when i got the bike, so im good there. but i think id be more comfortable with an inch or so lowered in the rear as well. any advice as how to go about it with out getting into anything complicated?

[malnevets]

i need to lower mine too but just a bit. im thinking like 1.5 inches. im just a short guy, 5'6". i reach just a little more than my toes. front end was already lowered by about an inch when i got the bike, so im good there. but i think id be more comfortable with an inch or so lowered in the rear as well. any advice as how to go about it with out getting into anything complicated?

yea i was thinking like a 1-2 inch lowering, but got worried when i was told it's gonna adversely effect my turning

[06katanarider]

Lowering a kat is a bad idea, and on top of that it ruins the ride.

I lowered mine 2" and it rides fine and looks much better IMO and others. Why is it such a BAD IDEA? How does it RUIN the ride. Mine rides just as smooth as it did before.

[Kreylyn]

I lowered mine 2" and it rides fine and looks much better IMO and others. Why is it such a BAD IDEA? How does it RUIN the ride. Mine rides just as smooth as it did before.

The simple of it...

1. Your in florida... you ride on flat, straight roads... there isn't a whole lot of suspension feedbad on flat straight roads.

2. When you lower any vehicle, you are decreasing the suspension travel range. Many times this = less performance, as is the case with these bikes.

3. Cheap drops (just links and sliding the forks upward) do not take any steps to counter with approriate suspension mods... new shocks/springs, better dampening, etc... So you make the stock sucky suspentions react worse to road input.

4. Alot of people react negatively on this board to decisions that are counter to the purpose and desing of the product. Your on a sport bike... and lowering it is like lowering a 4X4, or jacking up a corvette and putting big mud tires on it. It's counter to the design, and doesn't work as well when your "half-assing" it with cheap mods. I myself have very fond memories of my uncles best friend and his 1978 general lee painted corvette that was jacked up 4 feet with 38" rims and mud tires, with a 4X4 drive train. It sucked in the mud, but man... it was Rednek COOL...


Krey

[~Btech~]

i dont want to mod my suspension... i just want to be able to touch the ground a little better for comfort and control when im at a stop.
i was thinking turning the spring tensioner on the mono shock down a little bit or something, but that may affect the ride. so, idk... if i cant find a decent way to lower my bike just an inch then ill just leave er the way she is.

ha! the wife said i should wear boots with heels! hahaha thats one way to fix the problem i suppose. :P

[vtchopperdude]

looks good man!!!

[muddyman184]

The simple of it...

1. Your in florida... you ride on flat, straight roads... there isn't a whole lot of suspension feedbad on flat straight roads.

2. When you lower any vehicle, you are decreasing the suspension travel range. Many times this = less performance, as is the case with these bikes.

3. Cheap drops (just links and sliding the forks upward) do not take any steps to counter with approriate suspension mods... new shocks/springs, better dampening, etc... So you make the stock sucky suspentions react worse to road input.

4. Alot of people react negatively on this board to decisions that are counter to the purpose and desing of the product. Your on a sport bike... and lowering it is like lowering a 4X4, or jacking up a corvette and putting big mud tires on it. It's counter to the design, and doesn't work as well when your "half-assing" it with cheap mods. I myself have very fond memories of my uncles best friend and his 1978 general lee painted corvette that was jacked up 4 feet with 38" rims and mud tires, with a 4X4 drive train. It sucked in the mud, but man... it was Rednek COOL...


Krey

wished i had a 4x4 corvette btw bike looks good dropped

[Kreylyn]

i dont want to mod my suspension... i just want to be able to touch the ground a little better for comfort and control when im at a stop.
i was thinking turning the spring tensioner on the mono shock down a little bit or something, but that may affect the ride. so, idk... if i cant find a decent way to lower my bike just an inch then ill just leave er the way she is.

ha! the wife said i should wear boots with heels! hahaha thats one way to fix the problem i suppose. :P

There are decent alternatives where you can lower the bike and still keep or even improve the ride. Remember, the stock setup is pretty much suck right out of the box.

I know of atleast one member who used a r6 shock that lowered his rear about 3/4" and performs better than the stock shock. It may not be optimal option for what COULD be done, but it's better than what was on there.

That said... Tmod does good work on Kat suspensions (well, any bike for that matter) so if you consult with him... you may find that he can offer reasonable priced options to go with lowering the bike to give you the best of both worlds. A re-valved post 750 shock, with a spring appropriate to the lowering links leverage and rider weight would go a long long ways towards making it a good ride.

Krey

[600toStart]

I think they look really sweet lowered. Particularly that white/blue post!

[teddy]

Kats can and do look good low to the ground, and when done right, they can look real nice with a little stretch to them as well. I've had both done to mine over the past few years. To be quite honest, I thought my bike looked frickin' kick azz when it was lowered and stretched...but the modifications done just weren't for me. When I say 'weren't for me', I should say 'didn't fit my riding style.' I like riding hard and railing corners and doing trackdays...so you can imagine how I felt about my 'looks good' mods at that point...they had to go. It's all in the hands of the rider and what he considers his style of 'riding'.

[flo239]

watch those speed bumps