Triumphrat

sweatmachine · 04-19-2006, 11:59 PM

did you lower the back of your bike?

looks low, I like it, if so how did it affect handling? I'm thinking of lowering mine front and rear 10mm.

Praise the lowered!

rodburner · 04-20-2006, 12:33 AM

Machine,I think you can PM me now, Anyway,yes the back has been lowered 30mm [1"+] with the Hagon Nitro`s.Before the new wheels,the front was dropped about an inch thru the trees.The bike handled "quick".but no adverse effects I noticed.Several thousand miles with that set-up.The new front wheel is an 18" so I put the tubes back at stock height,but plan to drop it back down a bit. Maybe 1/2".

sweatmachine · 04-20-2006, 09:01 AM

Do you have problems dragging your feet or footpegs, or dragging anything for that matter?

Great look though. I've read people warn against lowering the front that much because of the risk of bottoming out the front end and having your fender hit the voltage regulator thingy, any problems like that?

rodburner · 04-20-2006, 06:14 PM

I`ve never hit the front fender on the rectifier,ever. I`ve ground the pegs in certain situations whether the bike was lowered or stock.[always turning right at lower speeds,with the road sloping down from right to left,I`m way more agressive turning right than left,for some reason]I do touch the sides of my boots down once in a while,so put my toes on the pegs when I plan to ride 8/10s or more. Overall,I like the look and have found no adverse effects when riding safe and/or sane. :-D