Bike lowering and tyre fouling?

I for one am grateful you posted this becuase I'm only 2" taller and I was seriously fretting about this, still trying to find a localish dealer nearby who has one in stock for me to try.

Did you lower the forks as well, by any chance? Scoop the seat?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

i was meaning more along the lines of the spring is knackered

how much have you had it lowered ?

You know how a shock works?

Even if spring is not there, shock still tops and bottoms out at same position.

bike was lowered at a 'specialist' local to me and they dropped the forks thru the yokes about 10mm too. not taken anything off the seat but looks like i'm gonna have to get slightly shorter dogbones that lower it by 25mm then take some off the seat too. this should then be a happy medium i hope.

[yorkie_chris]

It's opposite, longer dogbones lower it, shorter ones raise it.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

You know how a shock works?

Even if spring is not there, shock still tops and bottoms out at same position.

lol yep know how they work was just been thick

could someone possibly take couple of measurements for me from a standard bike for comparison please.
ground clearance at mo from bottom of exhuast near stand is 110mm (40 less than standard i think) , clearance between top of rear tyre and underside of fender is 3 1/4" when on its stand and tip of tail near rear light to floor is 35". Thanks for any help.

[Biker Biggles]

Id take it back to the "specialist"and tell them the problem.They appear to have lowered it too much and should be able to sort out their error by raising it enough to give you clearence.As said a scooped seat should do the trick.

[Luckypants]

Speedy Claire's SV has been lowered a lot but nothing fouls when suspension is compressed. She won't mind me saying she weighs more than 54kg so it's not a rider weight issue.

I would take it back to the 'specialist' for an explanation of why it is fouling.

Just out of interest, where does it foul? The bit where the number plate sits or the bit under the seat?

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by hongman

I for one am grateful you posted this becuase I'm only 2" taller and I was seriously fretting about this, still trying to find a localish dealer nearby who has one in stock for me to try.

Did you lower the forks as well, by any chance? Scoop the seat?

It's not really a matter of how tall you are but inside leg measurement. Standard seat height on an SV is 31.5" so legs over 32" long will be pretty much feet flat on the floor. You can get a lowered seat or modify your own to get the seat down to about 30" before messing with the suspension.

just to double check something when they dropped the forks through the yokes, is there 10mm of fork through the top yoke (not inc adjuster) just because any more than exactly 10mm through the top stops the forks from fully compressing and they hit the bottom yoke