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[madmav]

Originally posted by electricsheep
Here's a question

For the shorter rider that wants to lower the rear ride height. Is it better to compensate by changing to the quicker steering head angle, or to also lower the front by changing the position of the forks in the triple clamps ?

well ES, the short answer(pardon the pun) is Be afraid be very afraid!

messing about with the Rake , can seriously damage your health

I'm no expert in chassis geometry but i can tell you of the efects that it will bring on!

on the track i can see a distinct advantage to gettting the bike to (Turn in quicker)
but on the road it can realy have an adverse effect like make ing the bike very very twitchy on certain roads!!!!!

(be carefull) !!!!!!!!!!!!!

changing the ride height (by Lowering it for the size of your legs ) is a big NO NO...

as this can make the bike squat and give the efect of the front wheel skiping across the tarmack ie loss of traction!


this is a simplified answer !

Bring it on Shazzam
or nelly etc
for the indepth technical answer!.................mav