Lowering/kickstand question for the experts? . . . . .
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Lowering/kickstand question for the experts? . . . . .
Well the time has finally come and I just picked up my first bike. I didn't want anything really new, nor ragged out, and I came across a 2000 cbr F4 with only 5900 miles and bone stock. Factory black and yellow color scheme looks brand new. It rides and handles great, however it sits a little too high for my riding stance. I picked up a set of adjustable lowering links, and another OEM kickstand to cut and weld (I just cant see spending $180 on an ugly chrome adjustable stand). I’m going with a 1.5 in drop, but my question is pertaining to the stand. I've looked all over other bike/cbr forums but can't find any technical info on how much to take off of a stand depending on the amount of drop on the bike. The only thing I have found was a diagram showing how to measure distance from the bottom of the stand to the ground when the bike is sitting straight up, and then measuring again when the bike is lowered and then cutting out the difference from the stand. I was just wondering if there were any “guidelines” to go by when lowering both a bike and trimming the kickstand, i.e. for every inch you lower your bike, roughly a half an inch off the stand, something along those lines,? Any tips/advice would be appreciated . . . . . . . .
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Re: Lowering/kickstand question for the experts? . . . . .
just cut the kickstand till it leans like you want it.... then weld the little bottom piece back on and your done..
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Re: Lowering/kickstand question for the experts? . . . . .
That is the initial plan, it wont be getting lowered for another 3 weeks roughly, I wont be doing the cutting or welding either, but I can get that taken care of whenever, I was just wondering if there were any tips or tricks to getting it just right and having the spare stand cut and welded and ready for when it does get lowered
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Re: Lowering/kickstand question for the experts? . . . . .
i met a guy in mississippi hat had a non blang-blang adjusable kickstand
for got where he ordered it from
for got where he ordered it from
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Fuck cutting it, Get a anything U have and heat the kick stand up and bend it.. Thats how me and all my boys do ours and never have any problems
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Re: Lowering/kickstand question for the experts? . . . . .
ummm... I wouldn't do it all ghetto by cutting or bending it casue it will never be as stable as it should. You can order adjustable ones and set it to whatever height you need. Thats probably your best bet!!
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Re: Lowering/kickstand question for the experts? . . . . .
thanks for all the advice so far . . . . . . keep it coming