Front lowering kits- Which one???
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Front lowering kits- Which one???
I need to lower the front of my bike about 2", but there are a bunch of kits out there. I was looking into the Progressive drop in kit, but from what I have seen it isn't "drop in". Still have to pull the fork legs out, so if I am going that far, might as well pull it all apart and powdercoat the lowers while I am at it..... SO, drop in kit, burley, monotube???????? AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
I have the DBI Drop in kit from BKRider. It's pretty much the same as the drop in kit from Progressive but a fraction of the cost. I had the Monotubes before this setup but I needed to go lower than 2" so I went with the drop in kit. For sure the Monotubes felt a whole lot better than my lowering kit now.
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Progressive drop-in with 2" drop worked great for me but expect sparks. Changing the fork oil to 10 wt helped settle the ride.
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I went with the progressive full kit (non drop in). It requires full tear down of the forks whereas the drop in only requires that the fork assembly be removed from the bike. No tear down required for the drop in kit. I also installed the Ricor Initminators and run stock weight oil with it 2" lowered. Bit stiffer than stock, but unless you really nail a pothole, haven't had any issues bottoming out. Also have the rear lowered 2" with the cheapo bolt kit.
Maybe I don't ride as hard as some, but never had any problems with the Train forwards hitting the pavement. They set pretty high, and haven't scraped them since I lowered it. I've scraped the swingarm bag and the pipes in off camber corners, but never hit the pegs. If you did the board conversion, different story.
Maybe I don't ride as hard as some, but never had any problems with the Train forwards hitting the pavement. They set pretty high, and haven't scraped them since I lowered it. I've scraped the swingarm bag and the pipes in off camber corners, but never hit the pegs. If you did the board conversion, different story.
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