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knoced some preload out of the rear shock spring
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reduced the rear spring preload & moved the fork tubes up the triples today

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-- Edited by TerryK on Sunday 12th of May 2013 11:00:05 AM

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Hi Terry

Did the preload knock some height of the rear and also did the drop at the front help compensate for that.

Ive got a 2 inch lowering kit in the rear but havent dropped the front thru yet.
Kinda feels a bit weird but i havent ridden a dirt bike in 20 yrs....

Cheers K

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KMAN wrote:

Hi Terry

Did the preload knock some height of the rear and also did the drop at the front help compensate for that.

Ive got a 2 inch lowering kit in the rear but havent dropped the front thru yet.
Kinda feels a bit weird but i havent ridden a dirt bike in 20 yrs....

Cheers K


 just trying to loose some seat height, I'm not real tall & have trouble touching the ground, while the XR400 is tall it's got plenty of grunt & does not stall.

I dropped the front to try & keep both ends much the same, I can get both feet on tippy toes now, bit better for me



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I come to the conclusion I would prefer being able to have more contact with the ground instead of being on tippy toes but also wanted to keep the ground clearance.
I purchased a new seat cover and shaped the seat foam using a normal wire brush, was the perfect tool, light strokes took away the foam without gouging out large lumps,took my time and took a fair amount of foam out then replaced the cover.

Now I comfortably got both balls of my feet on the ground without any other alteration to the suspension which I'd already setup for rider sag.

Very easy way to lower the height.

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Just fixed the photos



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