DanMan1300R
Registered
For anyone who has been contemplating lowering their Bus, here is my $.02…
I am short, always have been, always will be. I got my Busa last year, a ’99 black/grey totally stock in mint condition. Rode it all through last season and loved every minute of it. The one problem was my heels didn’t touch. I didn’t consider this to be too much of any issue because it is a situation I am used to, and I have always been able to overcome any balance issues because I have pretty strong legs.
So I started thinking about dropping the Busa to make it more comfortable primarily when I am at a light or stopped on a hill, and probably read every post on this board about at least half-a-dozen times pertaining to lowering. Then I was fortunate to meet a guy who lives, eats, sleeps, and breathes this bike. I asked him what he thought about lowering it and he said without a doubt, do it. So I go through all the doubter questions with him (handling? performance? Etc.?) and he tells me do it and you will see.
So I follow this guys advice because it certainly seemed like he knew his sh*t and I drop it 2†in the rear with dog bones and ¾â€ in the front with a new triple-tree.
OMFG! It is like a new bike! I thought I felt confident on this thing before but now it is completely different. And the funny thing is I didn’t even notice until a few guys I ride with approached me after we rode for the first time this season and said, “What happened over the winter? …You can man handle that thing nowâ€. We went riding again and then I began to realize holy sh*t I it does feel different. I dropped it over the winter and hadn’t rode it in months so I didn’t notice the change right away. I just cannot recommend doing the drop enough to the shorter riders out there.
Yes, my heels do touch now
Yes, the front wheels still comes up
No, I don’t feel the handling has been effected, if anything I handle the bike better because I am more confident on it, and the way I feel about this issue is if you have the sac to take a corner properly then a minor height adjustment like this doesn’t matter, just dip and throttle.
So there you go… agree / disagree I really don’t care because for me this was definitely the right thing to do.
-Dan
I am short, always have been, always will be. I got my Busa last year, a ’99 black/grey totally stock in mint condition. Rode it all through last season and loved every minute of it. The one problem was my heels didn’t touch. I didn’t consider this to be too much of any issue because it is a situation I am used to, and I have always been able to overcome any balance issues because I have pretty strong legs.
So I started thinking about dropping the Busa to make it more comfortable primarily when I am at a light or stopped on a hill, and probably read every post on this board about at least half-a-dozen times pertaining to lowering. Then I was fortunate to meet a guy who lives, eats, sleeps, and breathes this bike. I asked him what he thought about lowering it and he said without a doubt, do it. So I go through all the doubter questions with him (handling? performance? Etc.?) and he tells me do it and you will see.
So I follow this guys advice because it certainly seemed like he knew his sh*t and I drop it 2†in the rear with dog bones and ¾â€ in the front with a new triple-tree.
OMFG! It is like a new bike! I thought I felt confident on this thing before but now it is completely different. And the funny thing is I didn’t even notice until a few guys I ride with approached me after we rode for the first time this season and said, “What happened over the winter? …You can man handle that thing nowâ€. We went riding again and then I began to realize holy sh*t I it does feel different. I dropped it over the winter and hadn’t rode it in months so I didn’t notice the change right away. I just cannot recommend doing the drop enough to the shorter riders out there.
Yes, my heels do touch now
Yes, the front wheels still comes up
No, I don’t feel the handling has been effected, if anything I handle the bike better because I am more confident on it, and the way I feel about this issue is if you have the sac to take a corner properly then a minor height adjustment like this doesn’t matter, just dip and throttle.
So there you go… agree / disagree I really don’t care because for me this was definitely the right thing to do.
-Dan
