I dropped my bike

[Guclu]

lowering giving the Busa a more weapon-look

, but will effect your turning speed .

[delbert]

lowering giving the Busa a more weapon-look

, but will effect your turning speed .

thanks , im guessing it will be for the worse, although i thought by lowering the front only would make it turn quicker

[mymaster]

you'll find it rides like Sh!t.

Sorry wrong, rides better, only lowered 1in, probably didn't read the part about messing the suspension setting?

[Cblast]

Looks good bud! Now get yourself a Tobin or a Corbin seat and you will be sitting more "in" the bike, feels sweet!

[Cblast]

I am short and I lowered my front end 1", left the rear end stock, and properly adjusted the suspension (see "jinkster attacks suspension" thread), it quickened up the turn in and gave better feedback this way. Dropping both the front and the rear the same would not degrade cornering performance, just lower the center of gravity a small amount and it would cause the bike to run wide under hard braking into a corner a small amount but this can be properly compensated for by correctly setting up the suspension to suit you. Bike looks great by the way.

[gsxr051]

i have the back lowered and i was looking at doing the front. How hard is it to do the front only?

[mymaster]

I love how the bike went from 1 inch and a firmer setup to - slammed,stretched and distorted. Yeah theres a difference, but thats not the case here.

[mymaster]

but will effect your turning speed .

Seriously, if the wheel base is the same and the bike weights the same but the weight mass has been lowered closer to the center of gravity, how so? quicker-slower?

[mymaster]

i have the back lowered and i was looking at doing the front. How hard is it to do the front only?

If you did the rear yourself-cake, if you feel uncomfortable doing it, let some one else. Look at post#23 and #25, it comes with instructions.

[mymaster]

excuse my ignorance but what do you gain by lowering it, will it handle better or is it just for looks and touching the floor for rider' im 6.2" so dont have a problem ?  

Well your not short and stubby

like me, you'd be amazed what little adjustments of the suspension do to the handling. Lowering? if you don't need to like me, than don't.

[mymaster]

I've seen a few fenders all beat up from banging the cowling.  

but you didn't do yourself any favors once you throw a leg over the seat.

Sorry but I feel like I need to defend myself here.

The fender banging on the cowling remark, sorry I don't ride like your avatar.

Not throw my leg over the seat?  Is it more favorable not to ride?

Sorry not trying to bash you but do you know what your talking about?

I can only assume your trying to compare what I've done to what you or someone that you know has done in the past?

[frisbee]

Watch those speedbumps !

[Purple1300]

 

What do you mean by "you tweaked the suspension?" What did you do to it?

I believe I said "tweaked the settings", small minute adjustments ya know?

Yeah... I kind of figured that... but for some of us (like me) who aren't savvy to the lingo and who would like to do something like that on their own what I meant was could you go into detail a little more than just saying "tweaked the settings."


Thanks for the post on "jinkster attacks suspension" CBlast! I'll keep it on hand just in case I have to "tweak the settings."

[V-Max 2 Busa]

Hey Bill you're just goin for that pimp daddy cool low rider look ain't ya?

You know the Tobin seat mod would drop your butt about 1 1/2" putting your feet flat on the ground without effecting your suspension at all.

[Tufbusa]

For you guys who have not lowered your beloved busa but are giving it thought, I'll give you a bit of info you should consider.

There is absolutely nothing to gain by lowering your bike unless you are an avid drag strip patron. NOTHING! If they tell you it will handle better, don't let them get too close, as the sickness they have may be contageous?

What happens by lowering your bike is you change the rake on the forks as well as the angle of the swingarm, both are critical to your bikes handling performance. Ask any racer? Once you screw up all that engineering those little guys with no butts spent tons of time to develope, you just pissed it down the drain. And indeed it will handle like Sh!t. If you want your bike to turn in quicker, the proper way to achieve your desired effect is to shim the rear up, not drop the front. Rule of thumb is never to exceed 4mm in the rear or you can jepradize your high speed handling.

The second thing that becomes a problem when you lower the front an inch or more is the fender will smack your nose cowling when you hit a bump, jump on the brakes hard or just cornering hard can make your fender make contact with the nose cowling. Not good and may actually put your arse in the weeds in more than one situation. If you ride two up, you will most likely have your tire making contact with the rear undertail. Again, not good.

So if I were you, thinking about lowering your beloved busa to make it look cool, I would visit a suspension shop and chat about the pros and cons before I took advise from some of the guru's you find on the net.

Not even Valentino Rossi could ride your lowered busa through the twisties and compete with the paper boy on his schwin!

Good rule of thumb, if you don't know what you are doing, contact a professional. It will be money well spent.

[mymaster]

Hey Bill you're just goin for that pimp daddy cool low rider look ain't ya?  

You know the Tobin seat mod would drop your butt about 1 1/2" putting your feet flat on the ground without effecting your suspension at all.  

Yeah pimp daddy,no not done for the looks. Nice thing is I can easily put it back where it was and try something different.