Originally posted by SweetLou
Depends -- why do you want to lift your rear, and will raising it restore it to the same general position it was designed to run at with a typical 150lb rider using the OEM engine (since you are using a heavier engine and are a heavy rider)?
Generally, raising the rear quickens the steering at the price of absolute straight-line stability (because it changes the fork angles; anytime you bring the front wheel inward compared to the center of mass, it reduces the stability imparted by the rotating mass of the wheel). Going up a half inch isn't a big deal... The real question is even if you wanted to, could you lower the forks down in the triple trees (i.e. - is there anything left of the forks above the triple trees now to raise the front end?)?
Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet
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