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Hey all, I slid my forks through the triple clamps 3mm over the weekend and what a difference its made. The steering is heaps quicker. I don't know that I'd want to go further though because it would get to twitchy. I also bought an original brochure for my '98 6R for 99c on ebay. Sweet.

Aussie Ninja wrote:Hey all, I slid my forks through the triple clamps 3mm over the weekend and what a difference its made. The steering is heaps quicker. I don't know that I'd want to go further though because it would get to twitchy.

I run my '01 ZX6 with the rear ride height adjuster maxed out, plus the Ohlins shock I have on it is a good few mm longer than the stock unit, and the bike's never even thought about headshake.

Provided you could put up with the extra seat height (only a cm or so, in any event), feel free to crank the arse end up a bit, too.

I put 2 x 2mm spacers in the rear shock of my '01 ZX6. Made a world of difference.

Aussie ninja,

Was it a hard job? I'd prefer to do that than raise the back otherwise i wont be able to stand. Any opinions on the difference between lowering the front instead of raising the back?

Cheers.

I did it to my zx7 , zx9 and mates zx6. Its pretty easy and on the 6 and 9 you can get to the triple clamp bolts without removing any fairings.
The disadvantages of dropping the front is reduced ground clearance, not a problem for most but on my zx9 race bike I had the front dropped about 7 or 8mm until I kept hitting the engine case on the deck at the track. I had the rear raised 13mm and ended up with the front dropped about 4 or 5mm. This was fine for the track, probly too much rear height for the road.

For the road, I wouldn't recommend going overboard and try a couple of mm at a time until your comfortable and don't loose stabilty.
My 9 would shake its head and get a bit loose with the geometry change I had but it had a steering damper and was only used on nice smooth race tracks..

On my zx7r I dropped the front by about 4 or 5mm and raised the rear by about 10mm. As this bike is very stable and heavy you can get away with a reasonable change but on the lighter bikes I would advise to make small adjustments ans see how it goes..

My ZX7R has had the rear raised (by 7mm I think) by the previous owner, and I think the front may have been dropped as well. The for tubes stick out a few mm past the top clamp, does this sound like it has been changed?

IDH, I had to remove the air intakes so I could get at the bottom clamp bolts. Also because the forks hadn't been moved for years they were stuck at first and I had to bounce the forks to free them. Once they freed up they slid too far so I grabbed the top clamp and fairing bracket in one hand and used the handle end of a jack to lever them back down. Not too hard once I figured out a way to push the forks back down.

Hemi, I just looked at the pix of your new ride and it looks like the front has been dropped a few mm. P.S. Nice.

Got the rear of my 7R jacked up 12mm. Same effect without having to drop the front, and have the front of the bottom fairing hit things.

Are any of you guys near western sydney that can give me a hand dropping the front a bit some day. I'd do it my self except I dont have anything to jack the bike up on. My problem is i'm a short arse and now I;m on tippy-after raising the back. PLease let me know if your available and we can arrange something.

Cheers.