raising the rear end

[speedfreek]

What's the best way to raise the rear end for quicker turn-in?

Has anyone done this? What products are available?

[Jeffsy]

It'd probably be easier to drop the forks through the triples a bit to get the same effect ??

[jasamb]

Yes, do that.

[speedfreek]

well yes I know that but I want maximum ground clearance. Plus it'd make a slightly cosmetic improvement

[jasamb]

AAAHHHHHHH...

Planning to race motorcross on your R6 huh?

Or are you like 9 feet tall?

If you raise the center of gravity, you may lose some control

[speedfreek]

Not so much. Thanks for the advice all.

[BRAVO]

yes i need to raise the rear for my track day, anyone know how

[drhodes]

Get a taller shock.

[speedfreek]

You can replace the linkage Dog bones or plates. Try places like demon tweaks, m and p, mps, busters, tts performance, bigcc racing, performance motorcycle parts, HPS (where I just got my ignition advancer).

You could also try ebay. That's where I got mine. mine works by replacing the linkage plates with ones of a slightly different geometry. Haven't ridden the bike with them fitted yet (waiting for the funds to buy a steering damper). It looks the nuts though. Visibly raises the back end. Looks more agressive.

Pics and a full report will follow soon.

[R6#319]

Hang on, there's a much easier way to do it. All you have to do is get a couple of shims (washers) and put them on the top of your stock shock. It's quite easy to do. Remove your gas tank, seat(s) so that the nut on the top of the shock is exposed.

It's nice to have a front end stand for stability, but if you've got a buddy or two that will help you're set.

What you need to do is remove the nut that's on the top of the shock. If you look where the top of the shock mounts to the frame, you'll see that there's a U-shaped bracket on the top of the shock. Welded to that U-shaped bracket is a piece of threaded rod. The threaded rod goes through the frame and the nut holds the threaded rod.

What you want to end up with is a shim/washer between the U-shaped bracket and frame. You DO NOT need more than two washers in there, in fact I'd try one first.

So, you've undone the nut that's on the threaded rod. Next you want your buddies to lift the rear end of your bike up high enough so that the threaded rod comes out of the frame.

Then place ONE washer over the threaded rod and reverse the process. What I've done in the past (when I couldn't get someone to give me a hand) is I got 2 tie downs and secured them to the subframe and the rafters of my garage. Then you can lift and lower the rear end of your bike yourself.

This is an easy mod to do and doesn't take much time at all. But, I wouldn't recommend it unless you're going to spend some time getting your suspension sorted on the track.

Here's a pic :




AL