
droping the forks on a 12r
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droping the forks on a 12r
hi ive been told to drop the forks to help the handling(ezeyer to drop into corners) but someone else said that it give less tyre on the road in a hard corner they said it will be ezeyer into the corner but it will lose the front end quicker less tyre patch just wandering what you fella's think.thanks 

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Re: droping the forks on a 12r
you mean easier??
i cant see how pulling the forks through makes the contact patch smaller.
its just like putting more weight on the bars.
pull em through no more than 10mm, maybe start with 5mm, see how you like it.

i cant see how pulling the forks through makes the contact patch smaller.
its just like putting more weight on the bars.
pull em through no more than 10mm, maybe start with 5mm, see how you like it.

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Re: droping the forks on a 12r
thanx Wattie its just what ive been toldWattie wrote:you mean easier??![]()
i cant see how pulling the forks through makes the contact patch smaller.
its just like putting more weight on the bars.
pull em through no more than 10mm, maybe start with 5mm, see how you like it.
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Re: droping the forks on a 12r
i think they ment the forks become more straight up in a corner for the less patch part but there are two differant appinions i dont no my self it has a 55 190 on the back to raise it i guese i just have to start with dropping them 5 mm thanks
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