I went up to the Brooksville twisties sunday, and turned up my dampening one turn harder, now I'm tip-toeing it. how far did you drop your 636? I think the 636 has to be the highest freaking half liter bike out there.

 

whats wrong with tip toeing?

 

The lowering link dropped it 1". The dealer told me that's the lowest I could go without it hitting. I don't know how far they dropped it in the front.

 

DogBone R1 tuned my bike.No lowering links,But yeah it is the highest "600"

 

I am tip-toes on mine. I'm 5'4"... Lowering it is not an option for me cause it robs me of cornering clearance. I just learned to deal with the fact that I am a short bald M-fer!

 

Oh whatever! I dropped my 636 4 inches and I have never bottomed out once! I take corners hard and speed bumps! Of course, I should mention, I weigh about 108lbs. But still, lowering your 636 is fine, i was not robbed of any clearance

 

You aint turnin that hard then..

 

I wanted to lower mine aswell.I even bought the lowering links.BTW if you need a pair I can sell them to you for 40, made of aircraft aluminum.Anyway once I learned that if I lower the bike I wont be able to take corners the same way, I gave up the lowering idea.I tip toe aswell.What I did ...I shaved the seat about a inch and a half.feels better now.DogBone adjust my suspenssion aswell.He is a realy nice guy and the bike handles better now.

 

i was thinking the same thing...4 inches is a hell of a lot.

 

wow, 4 inches. I was going to say my pegs were scraping sometimes on a stock height f4i. 4 inches woulda pressed the pegs to their limit and caused me to wreck.

RubberBurner: What's the preload(sag?) set at on the rear shock. If I can recall from some articles when you sit on your bike it should drop about 2 inches. I'll have to dig the article up (until dogbone or someone corrects this). So you adjusted the dampening one "turn" or one "click"?


Sport Rider Technicalities-Suspension Springs and how to set sag