Hi everyone,

Just finished installing Baron's adjustable dog bones, dropped the bike ± 2 inches. The roadie looks way better imho and ride is a blast. No scrapping yet but I get a hard clancking sound in the upper belt guard area when I hit a bump. I'll have to look into that. I've also done a few mods recently:
Ais removed
,Crankcase breather relocate near front jug.
,Fuel pump relocate under tank (cost ±15$)
,Choke knob relocate (custom bracket 3$)
,T-Bag tri pouch windshield bags
,Stilleto grip end caps
,Fork reflectors removed
,Front horn removed.

Some pics:

A couple of things to think about:

Looks cool, but I'll bet if you try to ride it anywhere close to hard, the rear frame extension is going to grind into the road. It can lever your rear wheel out of contact with the ground if you are turning aggressively enough, especially without the front lowered to match.
Don't be suprised if you have a steering head wobble now, because you have effectively increased your rake and trail beyond the stable range. Your braking action will also be less stable because the weight is biased to the rear, which decreases static load on the front wheel (where 70% of your available braking energy is) and and increases the static load on the rear (which has only one disc, and is a much heavier rotating mass to slow down, as well as being harder to modulate well. We have a much better sense of metering in our fingers than we do in out foot). You should double check the tension on your drive belt after modifying the geometry that much as well.

Just a couple of things to be aware of.

looking good! Have you gone through any twisties since you lowered the bike?

Looks good. I don't think I could ride mine lowered tho. I know a lot of people like it but it's not for me. I grind enough as it is. BTW I agree with JD about needing to lower the front end too.

I had to take a few things off of mine before I could grind the frame...... the floor boards and the big straights always got in the way first..........forward controls and bub stubbies fixed that now I can hit if I try but honestly never been a problem, I am also a light weight at about 170lbs....

I always ride solo, I live in the twisties hardly a straight road to be found around here...

It's just a bit too low and for safety matters I'll probably re-lit it a half inch, other than that of course the bike's geometry changes but all I can say is that it feels more stable maybe because of the lower center of gravity and I really like the new feel, I have only rode it for a couple of days like this and have had absolutely zero wobbling issues, of course if this would happend I would re-lift the bike. I'll see how it goes in the future and will adjust it if necessary.

Bike looks good..Mines been lowered for a long time..I have no issues..

Love the lowered look. After doing the flip%grind, I had the same canking from the belt guard hitting the hard bag bracket, just bend the angled brace out a little. I never had any frame contact with the rode in a turn but you will drag floorboards a lot. The reason I went back to stock is the frame would smack hard going up or down our street curbs.
Something to consider, if some ass clown T-bones you while texting his/her BFF, their lawyer will claim his poor client couldn't possibly see you because you removed your reflectors. Ride safe.

Jeff
NOLA

Roadstarnoob99 wrote:
It's just a bit too low and for safety matters I'll probably re-lit it a half inch, other than that of course the bike's geometry changes but all I can say is that it feels more stable maybe because of the lower center of gravity and I really like the new feel, I have only rode it for a couple of days like this and have had absolutely zero wobbling issues, of course if this would happend I would re-lift the bike. I'll see how it goes in the future and will adjust it if necessary.

There's nothing on the road that drives like your own, for sure. They all behave differently, just putting the info out there, as some have had these issues in the past when they start modifying geometry. My floorboards hit, but I keep on leaning. Then, on the left, the floorbard support angle hits, and on the right (stock exhaust) the rear frame extension, adjacent to the oil tank, hits the ground. Either one WILL remove your tires from the ground if your roll rate is high enough. Done both. now I know precisely where the limit is, until I do my Road wing and Race Tech!

onebadd68 wrote:
Bike looks good..Mines been lowered for a long time..I have no issues..

Thanks, you bike looks pretty good, did you get the front lowered as well? In the long term I think I'll have to upgrade the rear spring as I'm 200 pounds.