when you lower the fron i suggest using spacers and longer bolts between the 2 top triples as the new triple has to put your bars and controls 3/4 inch farther away from you and that makes the bike uncomfortable to ride as well as putting your controls into the plastic dash when you turn wich isnt safe...a higher sitting stock top piece is more comfortable and you will have no clearence issues, also the fron doesnt need to be dropped more then 3/4-1 inch to look really sweet, i only droped mine 1/2 inch...u can also tear the forks apart and put a shorter spacer inside them, but i would save that untill your seals are blown or you upgrade the springs and do it all at once...the adjustable turn buckle style links for the rear are a must...do not use the crappy ones with the set holes, if you need more clearence the day you put a hottie on the back you are fudge out a luck, with the turn buckle style ones u can just turn each one 3 times and you now have enough clearence for the added wieght of a passenger