Lowering Kit or Dogbone for Skorpion tour 660

[Chayanne]

I'm trying a hayabusa dogbones for my skorpion, fits very good and gives 3 height options...

[Garf]

Let us know how you get on fella. Do you know whether these would fit the mastif / Baggy suspension as well ? Post a few pics when you are done if you can.

Cheers
Garf

[sapperk9]

Any chance of a pic of the Busa dog bones?

[Chayanne]

Please see photos attached... dog boe part# hayabuza 7075 T6 ...

[sapperk9]

Nice!! Thanks for the trouble Cob.

I'll have to get a pair.

[AndyDent]

Naive questions:
1) why would you want to lower it in the first place? Cornering or aesthetics?

2) if you're just lowering the back of the bike, what does this do to the steering geometry and braking feel. Does it make the rear brake more useful? I find the rear end incredibly light on my Sport and am considering making changes to make it lock up less, as per Ienatcsh's advice in "Sport Riding Techniques".

[Garf]

If you dont lower the front proportionately, lowering the rear will effectively reduce the head angle and slow the steering a touch and make the bike a bit more stable.

Lowering both ends will keep the same geometry but change the centre of gravity which will also effect braking.

Just lowering the rear will put a little more weight over the rear so would presumably change the braking characteristics ....... whether this is a good or bad thing is probably down to personal preference.

Personally I reduced the front fork length of my baggy by 15mm to quicken the steering up a tad and put a bit more weight over the front wheel. I think this has improved the handling significantly ....but again this is probably just my preference.

Now I need to lower a baggy front and rear so the Mrs can get her feet down when I buy her one hence my interest in whether these bones will fit. Not a big deal really as they will be simple enough to fabricate anyway.

Cheers

[Chayanne]

I'm putting the lowering link for two reasons to fit a rear tire from 150/60/17 to 170/60/17 (more wide) and reach more stability near the original design.

[g.forrest]

i can't see you using these adjustments. as on the muz this will radicaly change the angle of the swingarm which will change the handling very noticeably. found out when i replaced the bilstein with a koni 20mm longer. ended up with slots in new dog bones i made of alloy angle, then blocked off slots once i found the right angle.. cheers