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Can you lower a steelie?
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 3:26 pm
by aloha450x
Well I got my grubby hands on a mint complete 2001 roller. Nut my question is can you lower it? I only have a 29 " inseam and it would be nice to have part of my foot in the ground for the gnarly woods stuff. I have no idea what the seat height is but 1.5-2" would be perfect. Ideas?
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 3:39 pm
by AlisoBob
The right way, or the ghetto way?
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 4:06 pm
by aloha450x
both? and dont you mean the right way or the brit way?
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 4:41 pm
by CR500R7
No, he meant the right way or the ghetto way!
The brit way means almost unuseable and looks like utter shit.
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 4:55 pm
by arleybeer40
How would you know?
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 4:57 pm
by AlisoBob
CR500R7 wrote:No, he meant the right way or the ghetto way!
The brit way means almost unuseable and looks like utter shit.
Yup....
The right way involves taking the forks apart to add sleeves that limit the amount of travel the forks are allowed to extend. Obviously the springs need alteration too to provide the corect preload.... The end result are forks that 5" shorter that have the same characteristics of regular forks, just shorter.
The "Brit Way " is to offset the handlebars enough to slid the forks 5" up and out of the top triple clamp......
Altering the shock is slimilar..... or I have even seen the top mount moved up a bunch. There are lowering linkages available for newer bikes, I doubt one will fit a steelie.
To Ghetto it , you take the stiffest spring you can find, and shorten it enough to lower the bike to where you want it , but still be progressivly stiff enough to not bottom out.. as you can expectt, the bike rides like shit.
I'm sure their are some suspension guys in Hi to help you out.....
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 5:40 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
seen some lowered flattrack stuff hit ebay fairly cheap a little while ago, maybe theres more
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 5:48 pm
by aloha450x
Adam will you make a lowering link?
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 6:03 pm
by britincali
By far the cheapest lowering kit available....
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 6:19 pm
by CR500R7
Thats what we would expect from you brit.
arleybeer40 I noticed your avatar had disappeared and thought that was to cool to get rid of.
Your new one is even better
Now that I just said that the bloody thing won't load, SHIT!
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 6:24 pm
by arleybeer40
Yah trying to change it to were those boobs are bouncin. no luck so far
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 6:27 pm
by CR500R7
Nah thats cool man, I just thought thats my luck something cool comes up and I can't get it.
If you can get them to bounce that would be SWEET!
Posted: July 19th, 2009, 10:51 pm
by 100hp honda
these guys have steered you in the wrong fawking direction. heres what you need. i cant believe this damn thing hasnt sold yet, its so cool looking
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad ... 463&lpid=6
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 1:14 am
by CR500R7
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 7:22 am
by bearorso
100HP might be laughing at that, but it's the easiest way of getting a low seat hight.
Steelies have a couch for a seat - taking 1.5/2" will bring the thickness to around that of many LM bikes. Done properly, it's always reversible & you don't compromise suspension. There's plenty of foam till you get to the rear subframe cross member tube, & the little landing on the seat base for it (at least on my 02 CRE). I'd suggest a step seat from that point forward.
Becaue of my knees. I've gone the opposite direction, one seat is 6" high, the other is 7.5" high. There is no way I reach the ground easily - in my terrain I tend to grab for the nearest tree branch or rock overhang before trying to put my foot down.My bike looks totally trashed, there's no point in making it pretty because of the places I ride & the sacrificial way I have to treat it. It goes over the cliff before I do, no matter how much I like it!
It's sized like it would fit Bob perfectly.
