fixxervi6

Why?

goingtoscotland

Because the 250 weighs almost 50lbs less than a J model

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fixxervi6

I weigh 227lbs naked, I don't think they had that kind of weight in mind when they built these, I assume the stock spring would be enough. I'm a little heavy for the stock spring on my GSXR's.

ninjaryda

I just picked up my first bike; 2007 250r. The first thing I noticed was how bouncy the back end of the bike is, and I'm fairly light (~150lbs dressed). I saw this modification and the first thing that I noticed, and liked, was that it raised the rear up a bit. I love that look (I like the more aggressive look). I read the link that describes the rake/tree and all of that and my question is this: does raising the bike/rear 2 inches like this drastically change the handling of the bike? If so, what are the negative side effects?

-Tom

fixxervi6

depends on how hard you push the bike

<-- not an expert

but my understanding that nose down = easy tip in but less stable mid corner, which can lead to other handling issues.

I plan on putting lowering links on to get the bike back close to stock height.

fixxervi6

Went to lower the bike back down to stock height using some Soupy's lowering links and ran into a problem, the links hit the spring.

Pushed the old bushings out of the stock links, then ground them down to create giant spacers with a washer behind it. This is a "test" checking clearance, I continued to grind after this until the link was parallel.

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