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Cheers Pete, but I need a 'jack up back to where it was' set of dog bones really.
I've been on the blower to the local suzuki dealer today for some so that should sort it.... |
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a word of advice:
it will negatively affect the way the bike handles! i lowered my wifes sv (she is 5'4'', lowered 1.5''), got the bones from ebay http://cgi.ebay.ca/99-02-SUZUKI-SV65...742.m153.l1262 (this is 1.5'' lowering for 99-02 BTW, also available 1 & 2'' lowering) the bike looked... well not right. the tail was sitting too low, and it handled like a Hardly... to correct it i dropped the forks by ~1.5'' as well, it made it better, but still far from what the bike handled like in stock form. after riding it few times, she asked me to swap them back to stock, even though she is hardly touching the ground that way... lowering itself is easy enough to do, i was done in 20 min, i do suggest you keep the original DB's though, as you might not like it.... in hindsight i should have went 1'' lower, or even less if possible. if modyfying seat/droping front end makes her low enough for you, i'd suggest sticking with just that... cheers! |
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Rake: The angle in degrees of the steering neck from the vertical. Trail: Distance defined by vertical line from axle to ground and intersect of centerline of steering neck and ground These two values decide how the bike handles ... |
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Thanks for the explanation. It's my second bike I'm lowering and rake yep know that one from my other bike which is well-known for its rake but won't dare to mention that again for fear of being slated again. Such is life on a bikeforum. ![]() |
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Better in my opinion to replace or modify the seat itself so that the bike attitude is unaltered. |
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i wish any of my bikes would have seat as comfy and soft as this.... ![]() |
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Ok a few facts for you:
* Dogbones ?15 and easy job. * Lowering seat or new seat could be up to ?85 if you have to have someone else doing it for you. * I've heard lots of good reports from people on this forum who have gone for the longer dogbones. Friendly people (mainly girls to be honest) who get in touch via PM (as they probably like me are not keen on the technical discussions as a result of it). * Agreed that it's better not to have to do anything to perfomance of bike but it's a naked don't forget, I'm not in it for 'racing' like a lot of SV-ers on this forum are (the SVs-ers). So losing a bit of whatever is not important to me. * different people ride different bikes for different reasons. * As the seat is a more complicated and expensive job that's the next option should the bike not be low enough for my legs yet. |
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