Yamaha YZF 600 Thundercat Ride Height

Hi

Is it advisable to adjust the ride height on my motorbike, I have a
1996 Yamaha YZF 600 Thundercat.


I can touch the floor with both feet by my toes only and feel
uncomfortable at junctions etc....


If so how do i go about doing it. I have a Technics mono shock on the
rear.


Thanks in advance


Ian

 

A custom seat might help, if you don't want to adjust the suspension.

But a custom seat changes the distance from seat to footpeg, and you
may find the angle of your knee is uncomfortable if the distance is
too short.

It all depends upon how you're built. I have longer calves and shorter
thighs
so it looks like I have chicken legs and my knees were already
uncomfortable with the stock footpeg/seat dimension.

You can buy different length aftermarket rear suspension links called
"dogbones", jack the motorcycle up and replace the stock links.

On most motorcycles you can loosen the clamp bolts in the upper and
lower triple clamps *slightly*, jack the front end up until the weight
is off the front wheel but the wheel isn't off the floor.

A come-along (coffin hoist) hanging from the garage rafters works well
for this part.

Loosen the clamp bolts the rest of way, and gradually lower the front
of the motorcycle so the fork tubes slide up through the triple clamps
about 1/2 or 3/4 an inch.

Measure the amount of fork tube sticking out of the top triple clamp
to be sure it's the same on both sides. Then torque the triple clamp
bolts to manual specs.

Be sure the front fender doesn't hit anything when the springs are
compressed by a bump.

It wasn't easily possible to pull the forks up through the triple
clamps on my FZR1000 because of the way the upside down forks are
designed, but it's usually no problem to pull the steel fork tubes on
conventional forks up.