Re: [St] lowering an ST

["Young, Mike" <myoung@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Flipping the chain eccentric will lower the REAR of the bike only. If you want the handling to feel the same, make sure you lower the front by the same amount by sliding the fork tubes up in the triple clamps by the same amount. This will keep the rake and trail of the front end the same as it is now. A friend of mine did the opposite with his K5 GSXR 1000 by lowering ONLY the front. The seat lowered, but at the same time the rake steepened and the trail decreased, and an already quick steering bike became down right scary. We ended up making a pair of lowering links for the rear, and we raised the front back up so the net geometry change was as close to zero as we could get it. The bike is MUCH easier to ride and the seat is low enough that my five foot four inch friend can flat foot it at stops.

Mike
'06 ST
Seattle


-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jonathan West
Sent: Wed 10/15/2008 5:37 PM
To: st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [St] lowering an ST

Howdy folks,
Anybody know of any detrimental effects to turning the rear chain adjusting eccentric over to lower the 99 ST a bit?  Seems I remember issues with guys doing it to T3 and T4 bikes, but there was accelerated wear on the chain wear guides on the swingarms.   
Cheers,
Jonathan West



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