[Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike

Anyone know or has tried to lower the front of a 85 650sc NH. I've heard you can loosen and slide the forks up an inch on other bikes. Any thoughts??? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this gro

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike

You can lower it a little bit there, not much. The problem with lowering is you alter the geometry of the bike as well as render the sidestand useless. -Kyle On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 2:23 PM 'roidfingers' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! wrote: > Anyone know or has tried to lower the front of a

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike

Yes, I know the geometry will change. I'm building a café racer and I'm thinking if I go down an inch on the front and go to 13.5 shocks it will level the bike out some. What you think about that idea? On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 2:42:59 PM UTC-5, Kyle Munz wrote: > > You can lower it a little bi

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike

I think I'm not really qualified to comment on how it may affect the handling, but when I bought my 700 it had 650 forks on it. Due to the tire diameter differences this effectively lowered the seat by almost 2 inches. I bought a 700 front end and returned it to stock and noticed some handling diff

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike

:58 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike Yes, I know the geometry will change. I'm building a café racer and I'm thinking if I go down an inch on the front and go to 13.5 shocks it will level the bike out some. What

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike

' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! Date: 7/11/18 9:01 AM (GMT-05:00) To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Lowering front of bike Here's a guide I found interesting on the subject.  https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/an-in-depth-guide-to-suspension-lowering

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