Anybody lower a mille?

[boswalt]

My girlfriend wants to move up from her SV650 and since I have a spare Mille' around now, I was thinking of setting it up for her. She's 5'2". How much lower can you get them without screwing the geometry?

[clarkie49]

dropping the front is obviously easy and for the back you could get a shorter spring so the shock is sitting lower in the stroke (you will lose some of the strock but that shouldnt be a problem if the string rate is right).

the other option is to get a new dogbone made buy that will cost a bit as it will have to be custom made.

hope this helps :)

[speedypete]

Shooom has.

[mfbRSV]

Originally posted by clarkie49
dropping the front is obviously easy and for the back you could get a shorter spring so the shock is sitting lower in the stroke (you will lose some of the strock but that shouldnt be a problem if the string rate is right).

If you put a shorter spring on the back wouldn't you also have to reduce the fixed stroke length (with an internal spacer) so that it would match the spring stroke length? In other words, the spring/stroke length must match in both the compression...and extension modes.

Another question that may need to be answered on this subject, how much shorter could you go on the rear shock (with or without a modified dogbone) before you had a negative effect on the swingarm pivot/countershaft sprocket/rear sprocket alignment?

...Just in case Boswalt has to perform drastic geometric countermeasures surgery to make his 5'-2" GF happy on the Mille. :D

Boswalt, hate to ask but, has your GF sat on a Ducati Monster?

[boswalt]

Originally posted by mfbRSV
Boswalt, hate to ask but, has your GF sat on a Ducati Monster?

Go wash your mouth out! Actually, she doesn't like naked bikes, wants a real sportbike. Just wish Aprilia would let us know if the RSV450/550 is going to be a reality. That would be about perfect.