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I've actually thought about owning an 06+ R6 and lowering strictly for street use...knowing myself it would be decked with track plastics before I order any lowering links.
First off, lowering the bike will affect the way it handles and in an adverse manner; you're changing the geometry and balance of the bike.
If you do lower it you want to lower the front and rear equally so that you keep the same rake, if the rake is off you could have a potential hazard on your hands.
The R6 does have a pretty ridiculously high seat height so if you're lowering also to make it easier to manage then consider shaving the seat down a little, you can get almost an inch off the seat without killing the comfort (some have even replaced the foam with better foam that is thinner).
Talk to a couple of shops about the forks, see what kind of options you have and what you might be able to get out of the forks (if anything at all).
For the rear I would suggest an screw-based adjustable link, not the triangles or dogbones with multiple holes in them, you want something that you can fine tune. Something like THIS
First off, lowering the bike will affect the way it handles and in an adverse manner; you're changing the geometry and balance of the bike.
If you do lower it you want to lower the front and rear equally so that you keep the same rake, if the rake is off you could have a potential hazard on your hands.
The R6 does have a pretty ridiculously high seat height so if you're lowering also to make it easier to manage then consider shaving the seat down a little, you can get almost an inch off the seat without killing the comfort (some have even replaced the foam with better foam that is thinner).
Talk to a couple of shops about the forks, see what kind of options you have and what you might be able to get out of the forks (if anything at all).
For the rear I would suggest an screw-based adjustable link, not the triangles or dogbones with multiple holes in them, you want something that you can fine tune. Something like THIS
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I lowered the rear of my R6(see above post), also will be painting the wheels white, and paint matching the lower fairings blue. Maybe some mirror block offs too. Will post up some pics of them this weekend.
Any suggestings for plate mounting on a lowered bike? My plate hit the tire and ripped off, so right now its mounted but bent at like 70 degree angle so it's almost not-readable from behind.
Any suggestings for plate mounting on a lowered bike? My plate hit the tire and ripped off, so right now its mounted but bent at like 70 degree angle so it's almost not-readable from behind.
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Re: pic of your bike
I lowered the rear of my R6(see above post), also will be painting the wheels white, and paint matching the lower fairings blue. Maybe some mirror block offs too. Will post up some pics of them this weekend.
Any suggestings for plate mounting on a lowered bike? My plate hit the tire and ripped off, so right now its mounted but bent at like 70 degree angle so it's almost not-readable from behind.
Any suggestings for plate mounting on a lowered bike? My plate hit the tire and ripped off, so right now its mounted but bent at like 70 degree angle so it's almost not-readable from behind.
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