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#510814 shacky (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 834 Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   I was looking at my bike tonight. Thinking how much better it would look and feel with lower rear end. I've been hesitant to do it because before upgrading to progressive springs front and rear I was bottoming out and scraping floorboards. So how much clearance (lean) and shock travel do you trade with the flip and grind?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510833 StarSergeant (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 386 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago     Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510838 Roger7886 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1440 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   I grind the piss outta my duals, and have even hit the bottom rear of the frame several times. Two up I have to ride really slow on twisties to keep from dragging and scaring her if your not a aggressive rider you'll be ok for the most part. But even still don't be surprised when you grind. I would say you would be better off buying a lowering kit so you have some adjustability to fine tune it to your riding style.   Logged     I was born An AR in my hands Behind the gun Ill make my final stand And thats why they call me Bad Company   The administrator has disabled public write access. #510875 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7983 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   If you flip, you will definately grind! Lowered bikes look real sharp, but for me, I won't do any mod that makes my performance go backward. I grind the snot out of my boards the way it is, and I've ground the rear of the frame a couple of times. I'm usually too far from home when I realize that my inclination for riding hard on that given day was probably better suited to the SV. It'll be nice to get the XS650 in the stable in good condition, so I have an "in between" bike with some good comfort for a long day, but a little bit of a more sporting chassis.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510907 Stevie (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1949 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Roger7886 wrote: I grind the piss outta my duals, and have even hit the bottom rear of the frame several times. Two up I have to ride really slow on twisties to keep from dragging and scaring her if your not a aggressive rider you'll be ok for the most part. But even still don't be surprised when you grind. I would say you would be better off buying a lowering kit so you have some adjustability to fine tune it to your riding style. +1 I got the adjustable dog bones so I could lower it just enough without grinding too much   Logged     LEGION RIDERS LEAD THE WAY!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #511027 Keggyhander (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 128 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   shacky wrote: I was looking at my bike tonight. Thinking how much better it would look and feel with lower rear end. I've been hesitant to do it because before upgrading to progressive springs front and rear I was bottoming out and scraping floorboards. So how much clearance (lean) and shock travel do you trade with the flip and grind? Absolutely no point lowering it if you intend to keep the ugly sissy bar and pillion seat. They ruin the line of a bike far more than an inch of daylight between the tyre and fender does.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #511088 shacky (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 834 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Keggyhander wrote: Absolutely no point lowering it if you intend to keep the ugly sissy bar and pillion seat. They ruin the line of a bike far more than an inch of daylight between the tyre and fender does.[/quote] All righty then. Wake up on wrong side of bed did we? I don't seem to recall asking you what the f#$@ you thought of my pillion and sissy bar...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #511097 fireman922 (User) Schrodinger's Cat - Wanted Dead & Alive Platinum Boarder Posts: 5161 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   That was kind of an arsehole kind of thing to say.   Logged     Ask me about my attention deficit disorder or my pie or my cat. A dog. I have a bike. Do you like TV? I saw a rock. Hi.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #511099 blue_star (User) Better to burn out than fade away! Platinum Boarder Posts: 4821 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   fireman922 wrote: That was kind of an arsehole kind of thing to say. + 1 Just because you don't like the style of someone else's bike is no reason to be insulting.   Logged     http://s1271.beta.photobucket.com/user/bluestar825/library/   The administrator has disabled public write access. #511101 Tug (User) ride free. live free. or die tryin Platinum Boarder Posts: 4834 Re:Flip and Grind - can you help me decide? 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   How do you know he is talking about Shacky's bike? If he is then he is being rude. If he isn't then you are jumping on him for stating his opinion on how he likes his bike to look   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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