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Skolar 04-25-2004, 12:57 AM I have just lowered my 04 3", man it is so differnt, launching is alot easier, but I know have to get a diff kick stand, any suggestions??? It looks even faster with the drop. :moon R6_Tweekin 04-25-2004, 01:07 AM I have the same dihlema.... She's almost verticle on the kickstand. The cheapest that I've found the fully adjustable ones are about $160. I'd prefer not to spend that much so I'm trying to find a place that'll cut about a inch off my stand and weld it back together. Does anyone know of anywhere that does welding in San Jose area??? :moon :moon deserteaglepoint50 04-25-2004, 08:23 AM Call a local body shop. The welding will only take a minute. If you have a dremel tool you can cut it your self and then take the stand to the shop. It is so quick that I couldn't see them charging very much. If they don't do it they will probably know a place that you can go. TwizteD 04-25-2004, 11:39 AM any pics of it lowered???? and was that 3 inch front and back? and hows the handeling in the turns now? Skolar 04-25-2004, 03:19 PM I don't know if this is gonna work but I'll try <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>New Page 1</title> </head> <body> <p> file:///D:/my%20pics/Bracket.jpg</p> <p>Heres what the lowering bracket looks like. 2 holes 11/2& and the 3& drop</p> <p> file:///D:/my%20pics/Rear%20wheel%20Clearance.jpg</p> <p>Just the tire hugger clearance on the back</p> <p> file:///D:/my%20pics/Side%20View.jpg</p> <p>Nice side view of her.& I took the turn sigs off and intigrated them into the front headlight corners.</p> <p> file:///D:/my%20pics/carbon%20fiber.jpg</p> <p>Just some carbon fiber look alike that I did, not too bad I don't think.</p> </body> </html> erok81 04-25-2004, 08:36 PM 3" holy crap. I dropped mine 7mm in just the front and I have bottomed out a couple of times. Oh yeah, you can't link pics off of your hard drive. If you need a host email them to me. boostintsi@hotmail.com cdemon 04-25-2004, 09:01 PM skolar, how did you lower it? any tips? upload the pictures at http://damnnet.com and link to them from there. i'd like to see them. :cheers loki1313 04-25-2004, 10:00 PM just cut the kickstand off and carry a spool stand with ya every where ya go :mrgreen: but really cut it and have your local welder put it back together at a better length :cheers TwizteD 04-25-2004, 10:11 PM damn i wanna see pics....and do u really bottom out bad? loki1313 04-25-2004, 10:14 PM going down three inches is quite a big drop. measure the clearence now and then take off three. wont be much. and alot of speed bumps out there are pretty dam tall. not to mention all those potholes :cheers Skolar 04-29-2004, 03:36 PM I just uploaded them to damnnet its 2004 R6 lowered TwizteD 04-29-2004, 06:07 PM where? Ed 04-30-2004, 08:41 AM Damn, 3 inches? Does that mess with the handling of the bike? I'm one of the shortest riders out there, but I didn't mess with my bike's height. I'm used to it now, so the height really doesn't bother me -- I can straddle walk her and do everything else without any problems. Does the lowered bike make that much of a difference? penfold 04-30-2004, 08:50 AM I just uploaded them to damnnet its 2004 R6 lowered http://damnnet.com/download;306 http://damnnet.com/download;305 http://damnnet.com/download;304 SpidaPKT 04-30-2004, 10:00 AM What did you use to lower the bike? Dogbone (adjustable)? And did you lower the front at all? It looks good but does it ride good? adobo 04-30-2004, 10:28 AM lowering your suspension doese indeed screw around with the handling. i wouldnt do it personally, the yamaha engineers know their stuff and made the suspension a certain height for good reasons. TwizteD 04-30-2004, 03:37 PM the front dont look 2 slammed...the back looks real goos though...is the ride shitty? Jay 04-30-2004, 04:14 PM Do you have plans on lowering the front to level it out? Skolar 05-08-2004, 02:50 PM The 2nd picture is the lowering bracket, it has 2 holes, the hole I have it in now lowers it three inches, the other hole is 1 1/2" drop. It took me like 10-15 minutes to do it. I used two hockey sticks and two speakers to get the ass end up seeing that I don't have a bike stand yet, lol. I guess thats it, any more ?? just let me know. later :cheers Skolar 05-08-2004, 02:52 PM yeah Im gonna lower the front in june when I get some cash flo, handling is sweet, it feels better doin twisties and just flyn, plus I think it looks alot faster lowered,lol TuningForkR6 05-08-2004, 04:37 PM I just uploaded them to damnnet its 2004 R6 lowered http://damnnet.com/download;306 http://damnnet.com/download;305 http://damnnet.com/download;304 What model Pontiac is that in the background? -Mark TwizteD 05-08-2004, 06:47 PM i thought u could lower the front by dropping the triple tree cover? id be a free mod then right? and im gonna say thats a early 90's sunbird 4 the pontiac...lol Skolar 05-09-2004, 01:47 PM Actually its a 86 TA, those are the race rims. Still an ongoing project. Definatly not a sunbird.lol :cuss Skolar 05-09-2004, 01:48 PM And thanks for posting the pics, and how can I do that with the triple trewe cover, any tips would be nice 05-09-2004, 01:54 PM Here is a link this is the only kickstand I have seen that is adjustable. http://secure.cartsvr.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=1609057&showprevnext=1 TraumaTEK 05-18-2004, 10:07 PM Not to seem like a punk but I dont think she knows what she is talking about. By the look of her tires, it looks like she hasn't even push the bike that hard in the turns. I can still see the nubs on the tire, that means she hasn't even reached anywhere near full lean. So the question still remain...Is the handling affected by lowering it 3 inches? Ask someone else. http://www.wonderlanddj.com/method/r6forum.jpg NVmy04R6 05-19-2004, 09:14 PM I've lowered my 04 R6 1.5 inches both front and back. If you do not lower both you will screw with the handling bad. I have never bottomed out because of careful riding but it still would be a posibility. I also cut 1 inch off the kickstand and had a trusted welder put it back. It will hold up if done properly. As you guys know u can sit and chill on your bike with the kickstand down so make sure u weld it back together correctly. I would post pics but don't know how. BTW i used a dogbone to lower my bike. zerogeeR6 05-19-2004, 10:09 PM http://predator.bikepics.com/pics/yamaha-r6-02-bikepics-149535.jpg Is that low enough for you? Adjustable lowering link in the rear and strapped in the front. It is a daily driver and a 1/4 mile track bike so.. For the forks, Traxxion Dynamics will do the work for under $300 if they use your stock internals and they will shorten the tubes for you. I have their email but its a cross post on another forum I am a member of so I don't want to do that, its a no-no. Skolar 05-24-2004, 10:00 PM I just dropped the front end last night, it was easy and took like 30 minutes and a little muscle. I'll post pics tomorrow. miraclegrau 05-24-2004, 10:50 PM 3" holy crap. I dropped mine 7mm in just the front and I have bottomed out a couple of times. You need to stiffen up your compression dampening then. TwizteD 05-25-2004, 07:01 AM wonder if the bike would bottom out pretty bad after lowering it while coming down off a endo? would some 1 be willing 2 make a post of step by step process with pics of how 2 lower the front? Spoon 05-26-2004, 01:20 PM http://predator.bikepics.com/pics/yamaha-r6-02-bikepics-149535.jpg Is that low enough for you? Adjustable lowering link in the rear and strapped in the front. It is a daily driver and a 1/4 mile track bike so.. For the forks, Traxxion Dynamics will do the work for under $300 if they use your stock internals and they will shorten the tubes for you. I have their email but its a cross post on another forum I am a member of so I don't want to do that, its a no-no. How low is that?!? zerogeeR6 05-28-2004, 09:05 PM Dunno, his bike sits about 2 inches lower than mine and my rear end isn't dropped. My front end is lowered some and I had my seat completely redone by the upholstery shop and I went from standing on the bare ends of my toes to being firmly planted on the ball of my feet on both sides. It looks like there will be no lowering the rear for me. :) 03r6sbk 05-28-2004, 09:18 PM if you dont lower the front and rear evenly the handling will be way off yamaha made it the way it is for reason | ||