Hi,
I've just finished doing up an L2 ZXR400 for my wife who has just passed her test, but she is only 5' 1"
and can only just reach the floor, for her to ride it comfortably and with confidence she *wants* to at least rest both feet flat on the floor.
I've taken some padding out of the seat but it doesn't make a lot of difference to her, and I have suggested maybe trying to stretch her but she was against that idea .
Can anyone recomend any companies that do lowering kits for the ZXR. I can get some custom at a local bike workshop;
but would rather buy off the shelf if possible ( already spent way too much on it so far ).
Thanks in advance
Mark
Lowering Kits for ZXR400?
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Re: Lowering Kits for ZXR400?
how are you going to lower it? shorten the linkage? drop the forks a few mm? you've done the popular mod and taken some out of the seat.apart from let some air out of the tyres and stick some blocks under her boots what else can you do? ..........you thought of changing your missus?
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Re: Lowering Kits for ZXR400?
best bet would be change of dog bones. I know a jack up kit exists but not so sure a lowering kit does. There is some adjustment on the top of the shock have a shufty of it.
FI international do lowering kits, but don't list one for the zxr. Perhaps the zx6r one would fit, best to give them a bell.
FI international do lowering kits, but don't list one for the zxr. Perhaps the zx6r one would fit, best to give them a bell.
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Re: Lowering Kits for ZXR400?
you can have new dog bones made up by almost any engineering comapany they'll just have to be longer than stock thus lowering the shock and seat hight.
Be warned tho it will really mess up the handeling and ground clearance (what it hasnt got much of to start with)
Be warned tho it will really mess up the handeling and ground clearance (what it hasnt got much of to start with)
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Re: Lowering Kits for ZXR400?
drop it through the yokes to compensaterene wrote:you can have new dog bones made up by almost any engineering comapany they'll just have to be longer than stock thus lowering the shock and seat hight.
Be warned tho it will really mess up the handeling and ground clearance (what it hasnt got much of to start with)
Daytona do wedged boots for women, how about trying those?
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Re: Lowering Kits for ZXR400?
still wont be as good as stock, you also lose ground clearance, and lets face it the zxr hasnt got alot to lose
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Re: Lowering Kits for ZXR400?
I bought my ZXR from a woman who was barely 5 foot. She had the ride height on the shock down to its minimum and the foam removed out of the seat.
I've still got the seat and you can have it for £10.
I've still got the seat and you can have it for £10.