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Hi folks, I was just looking through some of the photos of members bikes and noticed a strange thing. There are two brand new 600 Kats pictured in the introductions forum, one has the tops of the forks flush with the top yoke and theother has a couple of inches of fork tube sticking up above the yoke. What gives? If the forks are slid thru the clamps a couple of inches this will lower the front end of the bike and also affect the steering. Can anyone explain ? Cheers, Justintime.
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Some raise the forks like that specifically to lower the bike so they can touch the ground!
Yep, it effects handling adversely AND reduces cornering clearance.
Short syndrom!Ron
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not so fast meanstrk.Originally posted by meanstrk
if the front & rear are lowered the same then the steering geometery stays the same - ground clearance is the only drawback.
lowering just the front becomes a matter of degree ( or inches ). i don't know the exact rake & trail numbers but the katana steers like a pig.
i lowered mine ( raised the front forks ) by 3/8 ". I think it now has very neutral steering and a lot easier to get it flicked over.
after that i raised the rear by way of an RF900 rear shock & quickly discovered the effects of increasing the rake too much. the bike becomes twitchy.
after you start picking up the pace in the canyons - you'd do yourself well by raising the forks up a little bit and see how it feels. i would first get the proper fork springs to prevent ground clearance issues.
tim
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I dropped my forks about 1/4 inch from stock.
I was able to pick up some turn in speed that the
new tire removed. Still as stable just flicks in better..Comment
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