When lowering the front end, it's not the freeway handling I would be concerned with. It'd be how it handled a fast slow down for a 90 degree turn.Around 9 am this morning on my way home, I thought to myself, I've never done a high speed test to check for stability after lowering the front 1.25" and installing the clip-ons. The freeway was wide open in front of me and I gunned it, I got it up to 107 mph (stayed there for about 5 seconds) and I got butterflies and a fat smile. The bike was very stable. I love it!
I know you aint busting!:Sport: I've actually taken it through the paces in the twisties around here and it was more repsonsive with the front lowered. :zombie: (dont mind the zombie) my 3 YO daughter is sitting next to me and asked me to click it cuz it looks cool. heheWhen lowering the front end, it's not the freeway handling I would be concerned with. It'd be how it handled a fast slow down for a 90 degree turn.
The backroads around here basically developed from farm access roads. It's mostly go straight, stop. Go straight again. However, one can find, within 10 minutes of my house, no less than three, 10mph turns in a 45 or 55mph zone.
Lots more sweepers rated at 35 or 45mph. Straight on down the highway, I think you'd really have to screw with the bike's geometry to mess that up.
I wonder how the lowered front end would act if I was approaching that 10mph corner at high speed, and aggressively downshifting to get a cheek off, and take that that turn at 30mph.
I'm not busting. That's simply what I would be worried about, if I'd changed the geometry of my bike. :Sport:
:zombie: zombie's are f$&%* bad ass when your 3.I know you aint busting!:Sport: I've actually taken it through the paces in the twisties around here and it was more repsonsive with the front lowered. :zombie: (dont mind the zombie) my 3 YO daughter is sitting next to me and asked me to click it cuz it looks cool. hehe
My son is eleven. He mentions that zombie every time he sees it, lol.:zombie: zombie's are f$&%* bad ass when your 3.
o back to the topic.... in general isn’t a lower center of gravity desired??? so as long as you don’t bottom out it should be an improvement
it should be minimal if any inpact.My son is eleven. He mentions that zombie every time he sees it, lol.
I agree, a lower center of gravity seems like it would nearly always be a good thing. I've just been curious if lowering the front would cause the front wheel to load more under hard braking, causing the bike to "push" or try to go wider in a turn than it otherwise would have.
Doesn't sound like that's the case though. :thumbup: