These are photos of a bike before it was lowered... 
Click on a photo to enlarge. (Bike courtesy of Father Dave.)
1st you should remove the rear wheel. Some have removed the relay arm without doing this but you will probably want to remove the wheel for a couple of reasons. You will need to size up the relay arm in it's new position a couple of times while you are grinding the arm and this is much easier if you have easy access to the area. Also you will now know how to remove the wheel when it comes to other service that you may do (New tires, bearing lubrication, belt maintenance etc...).
  Click on a photo to enlarge.
Once you have the ABS Plastic Suspension guard removed you will see the relay arm connected to the shock, stationary arms and swing-arm.
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Remove the top nut/bolt first, then the bottom, removing the middle nut/bolt last. The middle bolt is longer than the others and requires a little manipulation to get it out.
Once you have the relay arm out   Click on a photo to enlarge.
you will see that what is necessary is to turn the relay arm around so that the rear of the relay arm is in the front, thereby making the offset negative, rather than positive. The only problem is that the relay arm is designed to clear the shock only when installed the way that it came out. This is why grinding the arm is necessary. You will be grinding the area that was once opposite the shock until, upon installing the relay arm in it's new position, all of the bolt holes line up.
 The area that has been reshaped will look like this...  Click on a photo to enlarge.
You will be checking the relay arm alignment from time-to-time to see how the piece lines up. Once all of the bolts can be successfully reinstalled, you can reassemble the components.
The end result is a lower bike that now looks much more proportioned as well as more aggressive, wider and with a rear fender that is stuffed full of tire!
   
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Simple project, great result
Written by xstar22, on 02-06-2010 22:49
Thought I would give this a go. Took about two hours and the result is a bike that looks and rides much better. No belt squeal on my 2000. |
Baron adjustable rear lowering kit
Written by martyman, on 01-10-2010 13:31
I have bought a set to lower my back end. Does anyone have a set of these.And how are they. How much do you have to turn them to lower it to a inch and a half.and how long does it take to instal them. |
Flip it
Written by martyman, on 01-04-2010 13:35
how much lower is the bike and how much lower is the back fender when you Flip the relay arm |
Flip it
Written by martyman, on 01-04-2010 13:33
how much lower is the bike and how much lower is the back fender when you Flip the relay arm |
The Flip: Lower your Roadstar the Fatbik
Written by martyman, on 01-04-2010 06:32
does this work on a 2003 roadstar and do you have to touch the upper part where the fender bolts on.Also will it affect the bolting on the seat |
Written by GypsyNH, on 09-27-2009 07:34
I had installed Progressive Spring and lowering dogbones (Spring Slam from PCS), had a LOT of trouble with bottoming out and dragging when cornering. So, RAIDER and I yesterday put my stock dogbones back on and did the Flip 'n' Grind on my '03 keeping the Progressive Spring in it. Now his '07 has the lowering dogbones on it. The result: we are both riding lower, but not dragging on the corners, and smiling! |
squeeling
Written by AERSTAR, on 04-23-2009 18:46
I used a after market part to lower,but I still have the squeel everyone is getting. Has anyone solved the squeeling
noise? 'bout to drive me crazy!!! |
Written by Roadstar08, on 02-07-2009 09:49
Thought I'd try the flip and see what happened. The bike looks really good and no belt problems. |
2008 silverado exhaust
Written by 1947mack, on 01-15-2009 18:48
since it's winter -27' cold right. I wanted to play with my bike. So my question is can you drill the exhaust out even though it is fuel ijected?? |
"The Flip...?"
Written by rjb0zy, on 06-09-2008 17:19
Hey guys, will this work without doing the front at the same time??? |
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