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Hi

Just a quick question on whether anyone knows how to lower the height of a 2005 ZX6R so my feet can flat touch the ground.

Don't touch it, you'll fuck up the steering. Just learn to live with it. I know a girl who is 4ft nothing, rides a GSXR1000 K1 faster than most blokes. She doesn't have hers lowered. Most who have it done end up regretting it and wish they learned to live with it. Buy boots with higher heels.

Strika wrote:Don't touch it, you'll fuck up the steering. Just learn to live with it. I know a girl who is 4ft nothing, rides a GSXR1000 K1 faster than most blokes. She doesn't have hers lowered. Most who have it done end up regretting it and wish they learned to live with it. Buy boots with higher heels.

Sometimes its not about capabilities. Personally I can ride on a any very tall bikes and can get by with just tip toeing on one toe everywhere. But this isnt ideal and frankly this gets very tiring when your in stop start traffic and when your parking the bike...............sometimes people wont understand the delima of the vertically challenged.

Ive lowered my 636 and handling isnt really much of an issue (apart from tiny scrapes when im giving it some on some corners), its something you do yet used to..............I do want to bring it back up an inch because the guy I had it done on lowered it a little bit too much. Ive just bought a Soupy's fully adjustable lowering link and adjustable kickstand because of the easy adjustability............eventually id like to be able to lower it to bugger all for the drags and bring it back up again for the tracks/road without taking anything off and on.

Just get the bike lowered by someone who knows their way around and dont just lower the back end too. If you want the best then get the actual suspension changed. I didnt go the whole hog because I dont plan to change it all that much....................

First port of call must be shaving the seats, its the easiest, best and cheapest to do..............I also do it because I find flatter seats more comfortable on longer rides.......

Hey Strika

Thanks for the advice. I decided not to touch the bike in regards to lowering it via suspension etc.

What i have decided is to get a second spare front seat and trim the seat down professionally which will give me a lower position without disturbing the structural aspect of the bike.

I've left my 636 alone, cant flat foot both feet but can manage. Pushing back whilst on the bike is always a pain in the arse

BarraSpalding wrote:I've left my 636 alone, cant flat foot both feet but can manage. Pushing back whilst on the bike is always a pain in the arse

LOL tell me about it. I have the same issue. had to turn the bike around in my driveway and decided to do it by pushing it. Went to lean the bike on the right side and nearly dropped it while trying to get my foot on the ground.

Rossco1 wrote:Hey Strika

Thanks for the advice. I decided not to touch the bike in regards to lowering it via suspension etc.

What i have decided is to get a second spare front seat and trim the seat down professionally which will give me a lower position without disturbing the structural aspect of the bike.

I know being vertically challenged also places additional balance requirements on the rider. I'm not the tallest bloke out there at 5'10" and a little bit. (I was 5'11" all my life till recently, but apparently, age actually does weary them... ) I had lots of bikes over the last 20+ years where I couldn't put both feet on the ground. Some I could only get one toe on the ground. But, you get used to it and as you say, adapting the seat will also help. You can also adjust the front and rear ride heights a little without effecting handling, but you will reduce ground clearance both in terms of lean angle available and also driveway clearance. Don't just soften the suspension as it will be detrimental the the handling and don't lover one end only. If you lower the rear via the ride height adjuster which is standard on them, lower the front to match. Otherwise it will steer like a truck.