[Swiftt12]

So I've got my bike pulled in the house for the winter, and since I'm obviously not riding it in the house, I'm looking for small things I can do to make it different from every other f4i out there. I've already got headlights, LED underbodies, a yosh pipe, fender eliminator, flush mounts, a windscreen and a single rider cowl. Any good suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I was thinking of puting a damper and a lowering kit, but I'm not too sure how much work needs to be done for either one.

Swift

[Red Rider]

Why do you want to lower it? If you've got the cash, I'd work on upgrading the suspension. It'll be money well spent.

[Swiftt12]

well I'm more worried about the work that I'm gonna have to put into it than the money. It's kinda my first bike and I don't want to do anything too difficult, and how much are we talking about? A few hundo I can spare, but that's about it. If it's not that much, what would a good one be? and what's the difference? does it change the handling as much as I heard the lowering does? In other words--what's the difference between a suspension upgrade and just flat out lowering the whole bike?

[Swiftt12]

and I just saw where you're from red--where about?

[ConqSoft]

Unless you're short, or are going to make it a dedicated drag-strip bike, lowering it is a bad idea.

[sheepofblue]

I suffer short leg desease and would still not lower my 1000RR. Although I can say I love the damper. Depends on how you want to ride I guess. Personally I prefer handling to everything else.

[G-Force Junkie]

Originally Posted by Swiftt12

I'm looking for small things I can do to make it different from every other f4i out there.

Swift

Put it back to stock and be different than everyone

[Red Rider]

Originally Posted by Swiftt12

and I just saw where you're from red--where about?

Grosse Pointe...suburb of Detroit.

The cost to get your forks redone is around $400. It's easy enough to do and well worth the effort. If you have the money, invest in a new rear shock like a Penske or Ohlins. While you're at it, you might consider buying the factory service manual...it'll make working on your bike a lot easier.

[The Sook]

If you want to make it different from other F4i's, I'd suggest ditching the Yoshi pipe first off. They're like arseholes............ everyone's got one. haha

[CBR929RE]

I'm not sure where you heard lowering it makes it handle better because thats simply not true. I am vertically challenged and I lowered my bike 3 inches and didn't really notice much difference in handling. When I first did it the front wheel did feel like it wanted to come up a little more but it wasn't anything that I couldn't manage by simply not ripping it from a stop. I'm not the fastest guy out there so I haven't scraped the lower fairing yet but I think I'm getting pretty close. I let a friend ride it in just a small circle the other day beause he wanted to try to scrape a peg and it was actually closer to scraping the rear of the lower fairing. If anything you'll benefit more from raising it a little. I'm thinking maybe next spring I'll lift it back up. It's easy with the lowering link I have, its basically just a threaded bolt with a nut on each side of the rear of the link so I can raise and lower it as I see fit. stock to 3 inches down. I'll tell you with it all the way down there isn't much room in there for a tire hugger.

[The Sook]

Do you then lower the front to suit or not? If not, then for sure it's gonna handle worse. But you then may have clearance issues.