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I am 5'11'' with a 32" inseam. as standard I could get my toes down on the shop floor. all very well but given a lot of roads over here have a camber, I could just see myself pull up at a set of traffic lights put foot down and realise i was nowhere near the road surface so mech. suggested dropping her.
dropped forks and turned the rear adjuster 180 degrees gives a 40mm drop. At this the chain is left as is and should cause no problems, although I have raised the back of the chain guard fractionally. If you drop the back you must drop the front as well or it gets floaty at speed and runs wide in the corners.
if you lower the rear by less than 40mm then you will need to shorten the chain or it will eat into the chain guide and eventually the swing arm.
i have not noticed any ground clearance issues by dropping 40mm. Ergos are unchanged except I dont have to worry at lights. I did need to chop the sidestand down but the centre one is left as standard. Only other problem encountered because of this is the inability to fit a hugger.
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