Lower? Heck, I raised my Roadster 1 1/2".

 

Lowering a Roadster is a sin.

 

If you lower the rear without doing the front you have an issue like previous poster described
I dropped my '05 by putting on a set of take-off air shocks. Thinking the shocks were the 12 inch or 11.5 inch ones. Also threw on 1 in lowering blocks. I didn't touch the front end. I did notice a slightly slower feeling steering when traveling slow. Nothing major. Been that way for 12,000ish miles
What he changed was the rake and trail on the bike. He made it so it became longer. Great high speed stability but turning not so much. Here is a link that explains rake and trail :http://www.chopperhandbook.com/rake.htm

 

Very true - not a good starting point for a lowered riding style of any sort!

 

While I agree the roadster is not the best starting place for what I want now. probably should have gotten a 48. but the roadster had a few upgrades the 48 did not have for the same price.

 

 

I went the other way, and raised my Low. I did the rear shocks first and it made the geometry of the ride screwy.. I don't know how to explain it other than that it felt like a different bike and unpredictable. After I raised the front to match it returned to normal, but with vastly improved ride quality and lean angle.

 

I did the same, I now have a 'Super-not-so-Low', with longer shocks and the excess stock sag in the forks rectified.

 

It's called rake and trail , follow the link

 

Hi there, what did you end up doing. I'm thinking about slammers for my Roadster