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Lowering the front end on a GS650?

  • Thread starter Thread starter csw55
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That makes sense! I used some heavy weight fork oil, and left the spring a little long, so when I put the end cap back on the fork, it'd have some preload. It seems pretty stiff. Stiff enough to not bottom out. And honestly, I don't care at all if it's stiff. I'm not building this bike expecting it to be a couch on wheels, ya know what I mean?
 
The time I bought the wrong fork oil for my Seca.
That did not last long at all.
Did not know what I was doing back then.
I have a bit of a better idea now.
I ride mostly back roads here.
Some of them are kinda crappy.
Keeps others off them though.
I have had my rear jump out on me many times.
Takes a bit to get used to the feeling.
Don,t think I would want that to happen on the front though with out enough cush to keep it from skipping/bouncing.
Though the rear only really bounced after kicking out once.
The pavement was real bad on that corner and more the pavement being chattered then my shock settings.
Do not know how the front would react on something like I experienced without some cush to soak it up.
Just make sure you have it where you want it before you get aggressive on the road.
 
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