it IS possible to internally lower an inverted cartridge fork, BUT, I DO NOT reccomend it. ( I rarely ever NOT recomend something, lol, have you ever seen my bike? it's a deathtrap, and I ride around in dickies, doc's, a t-shirt, and a non-dot helmet, "gear nazi's" be damned!)

What are you trying to accomplish that can't be done by sliding the forks thru the trees? Just trying to get an idea of what you'd trying to do.

another side note, if you lower the forks internally, , say you lower them 2"... well, you lose 2" of fork travel. The LAST thing you want is to be riding a 1000cc sportbike with severly limited front suspension travel, unless it's a straight up dragbike.

When I lowered my girl's bike, I ONLY did a little internally b/c I physically COULDN'T push the forks thru the trees more than an inch, since the bars go right across the tops of the forks (tube bars, like a dirtbike)



you know, the do make straps specifically for lowering the front ends of sportbikes. they bolt onto the brake caliper mounts and the strap goes across the frame, between the stem and the front of the gas tank. Dunno how that would work since the cbr1000rr has that funky damper right there, and no way in hell would I want a strap to interfere with that and bind up the steering.

They're made for streetbikes that see occasional dragstrip time as a quick way to hold the front end down, but I have seen people run them on the street. Again though, you lose suspension travel, and like I said before, your forks have a progressive rate, meaning the farther in the travel they go, the stiffer they get, so it's gonna ride like ass.