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Newbie using lowering links...yes? no? maybe so?

What do you think?

  • Yeah, sure, use lowering links.

    Votes: 7 38.9%

  • I wouldn't, but if you seriously are that afraid/concerened, do it.

    Votes: 3 16.7%

  • I don't recommend it because...*please explain*

    Votes: 8 44.4%
  • Total voters
    18
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I have both a GSXR 600 lowered on links and a 636 raised and track/back road set up. I really like the lowered bike around town and use it to go to work or just that screw around town. But ya I would not and have not (ok once never again tho) go to the back roads with it. I cant get the lean and it just does not feel all that safe there. But around town and all it's fine:thumbup
 
Do whatever it takes to make you more confident. Go ahead and lower the bike. Just remember your bike will handle differently. Dropping the bike because you aren't comfortable with the height and weight is for sure a confidence killer. See Rob @ Evolution he'll give you the pros and cons.
 
short people should buy short bikes.

It's hilarous that people don't understand that the bike has to fit them, just like a bicycle. bicycle come in at least 3 sizes for any given model, sometimes more.

i always crack up when i see some 4 foot tall dude trying to ride a 'busa down the road.

different bike.
 
Plan A is shave the seat or get a custom made Corbin type lowered seat. Lowering the suspension is one alternative but not a pretty one.

The other alternative is to get a bike that comes stock with the right seat height for your inseam.

:twofinger

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pvd said:
short people should buy short bikes.

It's hilarous that people don't understand that the bike has to fit them, just like a bicycle. bicycle come in at least 3 sizes for any given model, sometimes more.

i always crack up when i see some 4 foot tall dude trying to ride a 'busa down the road.

different bike.
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Who pissed in your cheerios?

Let me reiterate. I AM NOT SHORT. I can touch the ground fine but just wanted MORE stability.

Are you familiar with muscle memory? Nothing 'fits' at first. Once the body gets used to something, it is way more prone to 'fit'. Besides, does it look like i'm 4'? Does it look like i have a busa? Thank you. BTW, i already got the F4i and after sitting on it a few times i'm already getting used to the weight/height.
 
pvd said:
short people should buy short bikes.

It's hilarous that people don't understand that the bike has to fit them, just like a bicycle. bicycle come in at least 3 sizes for any given model, sometimes more.

i always crack up when i see some 4 foot tall dude trying to ride a 'busa down the road.

different bike.
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Your dumb. Im 5-7 and ride a gixxer. Adapt to the bikes and use your tippie toes pussies.
 
959Lover said:
I AM NOT SHORT.
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ouch. sounds like you've got some issues.

my point is that 99% of people consider peak HP more than they consider fit when purchasing a bike. If it were the other way around, more manufacurers would make different sizes and more range within the fleet.

motorcyclists really are ignorant about fit. in bicycling, fit is 99% of the equation (for informed riders).
 
959Lover said:
Who pissed in your cheerios?

Let me reiterate. I AM NOT SHORT. I can touch the ground fine but just wanted MORE stability.
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The custom or shaved seat option should net you that extra 1" of reach you need to feel comfortable with stationary stability.

Sorry if the 'short' word was insensitive and upset you. Next time we should be nice and use the more politically correct phrase 'inseam challenged'.

:twofinger
 
Shave the seat, on a Honda? So, then you have to take it to a woodshop right? :laughing Seriously, those things don't have much padding in the first place. Get the lowering link, and keep what padding you have. After you get comfortable, and put the bike back to stock, you can sell the link, and you wont have to spend more time/money to fix your seat twice.
I lowered my wife's bike (600RR) with a lowering link and raising the forks (lowering the front) and of course it doesn't steer as nice as stock, but it isn't THAT bad. And we lowered it alot more than you probably will. You just have to make sure that you lower the front the same as the rear, and get your suspension set, especially if you ride 2-up, to avoid bottoming out on bumps.
 
I dont have the ability to flat foot my bike and its fine you just have to get over the bike leaning a little bit im like 5 10 and my bike felt tall i ride the city and ive never had a problem anyway how much stopping do you really plan on doing just lane split up to the lights
 
JEsus. OP said two pages ago he was not going to lower and you folks rattle on like a can of Krylon.
 
pvd said:
short people should buy short bikes.

It's hilarous that people don't understand that the bike has to fit them, just like a bicycle. bicycle come in at least 3 sizes for any given model, sometimes more.

i always crack up when i see some 4 foot tall dude trying to ride a 'busa down the road.

different bike.
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pedal bikes compared to motor bikes is like apples and oranges. and your height analogy is way off. jason disalvo is pretty short on the r1 superbike he rides for factory yamaha. guess you think he should get a bike that fits him? :rolleyes
 
elskipador said:
pedal bikes compared to motor bikes is like apples and oranges. and your height analogy is way off. jason disalvo is pretty short on the r1 superbike he rides for factory yamaha.
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Don't you think that Jason has a non-stock subframe and seat? I'm also pretty sure that factory yamaha is not too concerned about how well their bikes work at stop lights.

Fit is just as important on a motorcycle as a bicycle. Motorcycles and bicycles are virtually identical vehicles. They do have very minor differences, but both vehicles rely on the rider's leverage, aerodynamics, and weight shift to get the bike to perform.

I think that you would do well to learn a little bit about how similar motorcycles are to bicycles.
 
pvd said:
I think that you would do well to learn a little bit about how similar motorcycles are to bicycles.
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and might might want to learn a little more about the rules for each class AMA racing. jason's run the super-stock class for the last several years and you have to run the stock sub-frame. not that it really matters since yamaha doesn't run the stock ride height, they run taller. jason can barely touch the ground on it and usually slides off one side to get his foot down. yamaha may not care about the bike @ stop signs, but they do care about it coming to a stop in the pits or paddocks and falling over. jason seems to do just fine controlling the bike on the track and in the slow/stopping areas of the paddock. your claim that you must "fit" the bike to be able to control it in these stop sign situations is just rubbish.
 
I didn't get emotional when someone commented about my height. Rather, I merely capitalized the letters such that someone skimming the posts would read my statement of not being short. But of course, height is arbitrary....So, to make things EVEN clearer, my height is close to the national average.

I don't understand why people are still posting in this thread. I got the bike, but haven't ridden it yet. Once I start riding it daily and actually have more questions or concerns regarding the height, I'll post back here. Gosh. All you people ethugging, please stop. It's always the ethugs that are nice to me in person once they see me. I'm not threatening anybody, that's not my style. I'm just stating an observation i've made from car club meets etc. :(
 
pvd said:
Superstock:

"3.18 Seat

Seat, seat base, and associated bodywork may be replaced with parts
similar in appearance to the original stock parts. Seat brackets may be
added, but none removed from frame."

http://www.amaproracing.com/prorace/pdf/RR 2007 Final.pdf

Seems pretty flexible to me. What's your point?
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LOL, pWNED, but still, J-DiSalvo still looks like a kid falling out of a tree when he gets off the bike.
 
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