I searched this forum but found little mention of lowering or raising the front forks in the triple trees.
I raised my forks today to be above the top triple tree by 3/8" today. My purpose was to lower my ST a bit without any weird effects.
I could detect no change in handling at all during a 40 mile ride at various speeds.
I'm certainly no professional rider but have logged 55,700 miles on this ST since 2010.
I thought I might notice a little change in handling but am glad I didn't.
It was easy to do: I cleaned any bugs & dirt from the fork tubes first, then loosed the 3 bolts on the left & right of the triple trees, then slid the tubes up.
I did have the bike on the center-stand, I put my hydraulic jack under the belly of the engine just to make sure that the forks didn't slide way up suddenly from the weight of the bike pressing down on the front wheel.
Now my feet contact the ground a tad flatter.
I raised my forks today to be above the top triple tree by 3/8" today. My purpose was to lower my ST a bit without any weird effects.
I could detect no change in handling at all during a 40 mile ride at various speeds.
I'm certainly no professional rider but have logged 55,700 miles on this ST since 2010.
I thought I might notice a little change in handling but am glad I didn't.
It was easy to do: I cleaned any bugs & dirt from the fork tubes first, then loosed the 3 bolts on the left & right of the triple trees, then slid the tubes up.
I did have the bike on the center-stand, I put my hydraulic jack under the belly of the engine just to make sure that the forks didn't slide way up suddenly from the weight of the bike pressing down on the front wheel.
Now my feet contact the ground a tad flatter.
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