02 front end drop

[rbrick220]

After looking through a lot of the different threads about lowering the front end... i decided to give it a go. I went with sliding the triple tree down the forks 2". My question is this, when i look at the lower clampand bounce on the front end i can see is tap the bottem of the forks. does this mean that i dropped it too far, for that i need more oil in the forks, or the springs are shot. (hopefully i just need to raise it a bit or put oil in it) i also am prolly bouncing on it harder than any street would.

all help is appreicated.

[kawizx10]

Yes I would try raising it up about an Inch to rid your problem. Try that first befor going and adding oil or trying to service them. I did the same thing and wouldn't you know it I dropped it a bit to far. GRRR

[kwebbel]

After looking through a lot of the different threads about lowering the front end... i decided to give it a go. I went with sliding the triple tree down the forks 2". My question is this, when i look at the lower clampand bounce on the front end i can see is tap the bottem of the forks. does this mean that i dropped it too far, for that i need more oil in the forks, or the springs are shot. (hopefully i just need to raise it a bit or put oil in it) i also am prolly bouncing on it harder than any street would.

all help is appreicated.

Total travel in the front is something like 5" and you lowered the front end 2".
I don't know your weight dude but if I were you I wouldn't do that much, you're facing the chance bottoming out on the front which could hurt...
Btw why do you want to lower it? You might wanna read this (which should be stickied imho)

http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=70014

regarding the bouncing? your springs are prolly shot.

[md86]

You only what a few mm's showing above the triple . Go for 5-10 mm .....

[rbrick220]

thanks for the help. lets see if you can do it again. based on "You only what a few mm's showing above the triple . Go for 5-10 mm" wouldn't that only be a 5-10 mm drop. if i want a 1" drop, wouldn't that be 1" showing above the triple? as you can imagine, with that logic, at the moment i have 2" abouve the triple. thus the botteming out without much effort

[kwebbel]

Like I said full suspensiontravel is about 5" you won't affect THAT travel by lowering the TT but you are affecting the room between the frontfender and the headfairings.
Once you bottom out on that room you could (will) be hurt...

A 1" drop is achieved by having 1" sticking out above the triple that's right.

If you see the FORKS bottoming out you need new/stronger springs.

[rbrick220]

suspensiontravel is about 5" you won't affect THAT travel by lowering the TT

When I lowered 2" above the TT, and accounting for 1" for the TT the remaining travel between the lower fork brace and the bottem tube is 2" that is what is botteming out. Not the fairings, how can you say the travel is not affected by lowering the TT?

[kwebbel]

my bad
I meant compression off the springs.

[jameswbl]

what handling edge do you gain by dropping the front?

[Mat0302]

After looking through a lot of the different threads about lowering the front end... i decided to give it a go. I went with sliding the triple tree down the forks 2". My question is this, when i look at the lower clampand bounce on the front end i can see is tap the bottem of the forks. does this mean that i dropped it too far, for that i need more oil in the forks, or the springs are shot. (hopefully i just need to raise it a bit or put oil in it) i also am prolly bouncing on it harder than any street would.

all help is appreicated.

I went down 1 1/2" on the front. any more than that is too much. I bottom out if I hit a bump to hard, but overall riding has been fine. I also lowerd the rear 2". That puts the belly pan about 3" off the ground. The only time the bottom scrapes the ground is if I pull up on curbs at grocery stores, etc. or the tall and short speed bumps in apartment complexes. Most other speed bumps are fine. As far as handling, I think it just depends on your riding style.

[rbrick220]

i'm thinging that i definitly need to raise it at least 1/2" and see how that goes. is there a way to check the fluid in the forks. i got the bike used, and it sat for a bit. the forks are one thing that i never checked.