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| Originally Posted by Shazaam! Good answer, but there are other ways to improve turn-in.
Raising the ride height has a similar handling effect as making the steering head angle steeper..... etc
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Yes, I've thought about jacking up the rear, but I'm only 5'8" and so I wouldn't really want to increase the seat height any further. Also, the 748/916 series bikes already lean over an awfully long way on a very flimsy sidestand mechanism, and living as I do in a hilly part of town with lots of strange cambers in the roads, I wouldn't want to push my luck or risk my fairings by putting any additional strain on that assembly.
Just out of interest, by how much would the rear need to be raised to replicate the effect of the steeper steering head angle?
I suppose the OE seat height could be maintained by making a corresponding change to the front ride height, but I have a feeling this would be opening up a world of setup issues due to the change in the CoG, not to mention the impact on ground clearance and the operation of the sidestand.
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